1 Samuel 12:1
And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all things that ye have said to me, and I have set a king over you.
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1 Samuel 8:7And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me from reigning over them.
1 Samuel 10:1And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed thee for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and thou shalt rule among the people of the Lord, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this shall be the sign to thee that the Lord has anointed thee for a ruler over his inheritance.
1 Samuel 11:14And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:1
We left the general assembly of the states together, in the close of the foregoing chapter; in this chapter we have Samuel's speech to them, when he resigned the government into the hands of Saul, in which, I. He clears himself from all suspicion or imputation of mismanagement, while the administration was in his hands, ver. 1-5 . II. He reminds them of the great things God had done for them and for their fathers, ver. 6-13 . III. He sets before them good and evil, the blessing and the curse, ver. 14, 15 . IV. He… Read the whole commentary →