1 Samuel 12
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And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

Jerubbaal

Judges 6:14 And the LORD looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and …

Judges 8:29,35 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelled in his own house…

Bedan Bedan, whose name occurs no where else as a judge of Israel, Bp. Patrick and others suppose to be a contraction of ben Dan, `the son of Dan;' by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads. The LXX. Syriac, and Arabic, however, instead of Bedan read Barak; and the two latter versions, instead of Samuel have Samson. These readings are adopted by Houbigant, and appear to be genuine; for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate himself.

Judges 13:1-16:31 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD…

Jephthah

Judges 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was …

Samuel

1 Samuel 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast …

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

Is it In northern latitudes, thunder and rain are far from being un- common during harvest. But rain is hardly ever known in Palestine during that season, which commences about the end of June, or beginning of July. This fact is abundantly confirmed by modern travellers, and is demonstrative to every unprejudiced reader of the Holy Scriptures, that the thunder and the rain, which at Samuel's invocation, was sent at this season of the year, was a miraculous interposition of the power of God; for we read in ver.

1 Samuel 12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will …

Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

I will call

1 Samuel 7:9,10 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering …

Joshua 10:12 Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered …

Psalm 99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call …

Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, …

James 5:16-18 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that …

your wickedness
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1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in …

So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

the Lord

Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will …

1 Kings 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake …

2 Kings 21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them …

1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve …

2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and …

Psalm 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake …

Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their …

Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead …

Jeremiah 33:24-26 Consider you not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families …

Lamentations 3:31,32 For the LORD will not cast off for ever…

Lamentations 5:20 Why do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with …

for his great

Exodus 32:12 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring …

Numbers 14:13-19 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for …

Deuteronomy 32:26,27 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance …

Joshua 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear …

Psalm 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make …

Isaiah 37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my …

Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, …

Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should …

Jeremiah 14:7,21 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your …

Ezekiel 20:9,14 But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before …

Ephesians 1:6,12 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted …

it hath

Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …

Deuteronomy 7:7,8 The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you …

Deuteronomy 9:5 Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, …

Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are an holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has …

Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved …

Matthew 11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.

John 15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, …

Romans 9:13-18 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated…

Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that …

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good …

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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