1 Samuel 12:1
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל ־ כָּל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי בְקֹֽלְכֶם לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר ־ אֲמַרְתֶּם לִי וָאַמְלִיךְ עֲלֵיכֶם מֶֽלֶךְ ׃
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1 Samuel 8:7וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמַע בְּקוֹל הָעָם לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר ־ יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ כִּי לֹא אֹֽתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּֽי ־ אֹתִי מָאֲסוּ מִמְּלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם ׃
1 Samuel 10:1וַיִּקַּח שְׁמוּאֵל אֶת ־ פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן וַיִּצֹק עַל ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלוֹא כִּֽי ־ מְשָׁחֲךָ יְהוָה עַל ־ נַחֲלָתוֹ לְנָגִֽיד ׃
1 Samuel 11:14וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל ־ הָעָם לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה הַגִּלְגָּל וּנְחַדֵּשׁ שָׁם הַמְּלוּכָֽה ׃
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 →