Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12

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1 Samuel 12 . 1 , Samuel testifies his integrity; 1 Samuel 12 . 6 , He reproves the people of ingratitude; 1 Samuel 12 . 16 , He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time; 1 Samuel 12 . 20 , he comforts them in God’s mercy.

1 Samuel 12:1

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

1 Samuel 12:1 · BSB

Behold2 parallels

have made4 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:2

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

1 Samuel 12:2 · BSB

walketh2 parallels

I am old7 parallels

my sons5 parallels

I have walked2 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 12:3 · BSB

his anointed6 parallels

whose ox6 parallels

blind mine eyes2 parallels

or , that I should hide mine eyes at him

I will3 parallels

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bribe Heb. ransom

1 Samuel 12:4

“You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

1 Samuel 12:4 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:5

Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

1 Samuel 12:5 · BSB

The Lord2 parallels

his anointed1 parallel

ye have6 parallels

in my hand2 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:6

Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:6 · BSB

It is the Lord11 parallels

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advanced or , made

1 Samuel 12:7

Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

1 Samuel 12:7 · BSB

reason7 parallels

righteous acts1 parallel

Heb. righteousnesses or benefits

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to Heb. with

1 Samuel 12:8

When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

1 Samuel 12:8 · BSB

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cried3 parallels

sent Moses5 parallels

brought3 parallels

made them7 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:9

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

1 Samuel 12:9 · BSB

forgat4 parallels

he sold6 parallels

of the Philistines2 parallels

into the2 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

1 Samuel 12:10 · BSB

And they11 parallels

Baalim2 parallels

deliver7 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:11

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

1 Samuel 12:11 · BSB

Jerubbaal4 parallels

Bedan2 parallels

Bedan , whose name occurs no where else as a judge of Israel , Bp. Patrick and others suppose to be a contraction of ben Dan , "the son of Dan;" by which they suppose Samson is meant , as the Targum reads. The LXX , Syriac , and Arabic , however , instead of Bedan read Barak; and the two latter versions , instead of Samuel have Samson. These readings are adopted by Houbigant , and appear to be genuine; for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate himself

Jephthah1 parallel

Samuel1 parallel

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1 Samuel 12:12

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

1 Samuel 12:12 · BSB

Nahash2 parallels

Nay8 parallels

when the Lord10 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:13

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:13 · BSB

behold2 parallels

whom ye2 parallels

have desired3 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:14

If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

1 Samuel 12:14 · BSB

If ye will7 parallels

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commandment Heb. mouth

continue Heb. be after

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

1 Samuel 12:15 · BSB

But if ye7 parallels

against1 parallel

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1 Samuel 12:16

Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

1 Samuel 12:16 · BSB

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1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:17 · BSB

Is it2 parallels

In northern latitudes , thunder and rain are far from being un-common during harvest. But rain is hardly ever known in Palestine during that season , which commences about the end of June , or beginning of July. This fact is abundantly confirmed by modern travellers , and is demonstrative to every unprejudiced reader of the Holy Scriptures , that the thunder and rain , which at Samuel's invocation , was sent at this season of the year , was a miraculous interposition of the power of God; for we read in

  • 1 Samuel 12:16 it was a "great thing which the Lord will do." Thus were the Israelites warned of their sin in having asked a king , and of the omnipotence of that God , whose gracious promises they virtually neglected by this act
  • Proverbs 26:1

I will call6 parallels

your wickedness1 parallel

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1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

1 Samuel 12:18 · BSB

sent thunder3 parallels

feared4 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:19

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:19 · BSB

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1 Samuel 12:20

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

1 Samuel 12:20 · BSB

Fear not3 parallels

turn not7 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:21

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

1 Samuel 12:21 · BSB

vain things10 parallels

cannot profit8 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:22

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

1 Samuel 12:22 · BSB

the Lord13 parallels

for his great15 parallels

it hath13 parallels

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1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 12:23 · BSB

God forbid5 parallels

I will teach5 parallels

the good3 parallels

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in ceasing Heb. from ceasing

1 Samuel 12:24

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

1 Samuel 12:24 · BSB

fear the Lord5 parallels

in truth2 parallels

consider4 parallels

how great things3 parallels

or , what a great thing , etc

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1 Samuel 12:25

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

1 Samuel 12:25 · BSB

But if3 parallels

ye and3 parallels

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In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 20:33 → 1 Samuel 12:1-5, Romans 11:1 → 1 Samuel 12:22
Trajectories
Samuel (Prophet-Priest-Judge)
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Samuel 12:1–3, 1 Samuel 12:20–25
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