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1 Samuel 12:20 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 20
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;1 Samuel 12:20 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:20 in context
18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
19And 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.
20And 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;
21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- followingʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- asideçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
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Two things Samuel here aims at: - I. To convince the people of their sin in desiring a king. They were now rejoicing before God in and with their king (Sa1 11:15), and offering to God the sacrifices of praise, which they hoped God would accept;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-25