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1 Samuel 12:1 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 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.1 Samuel 12:1 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:1 in context
1And 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.
2And 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.
3Behold, 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- mademâlakto reignH4427 →
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Here, I. Samuel gives them a short account of the late revolution, and of the present posture of their government, by way of preface to what he had further to say to them, Sa1 12:1, Sa1 12:2. 1. For his own part, he had spent his days in their service;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5