1 Samuel 12:2
Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you,—But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.
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Numbers 27:17who may go out before them and who may come in before them, and who may take them out and who may bring them in,—that the assembly of Yahweh become not as sheep that have no shepherd.
Joshua 23:2that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers,—and said unto them, I, am old, advanced in days;
1 Samuel 2:29Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,—and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?
1 Samuel 3:16So Eli called Samuel, and said—Samuel! my son. And he said—Behold me!
1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges to Israel;
1 Samuel 8:5and said unto him—Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:2-6
Samuel's Discourse to Israel. ( b. c. 1069.) 1 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. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →