The Lord is witness against you, <\/B>to wit, if you shall at any time hereafter reproach my government or memory. Or rather, against you<\/I>, that I gave you no cause to be weary of Gods government of you by judges, or to desire a change of the government; and thereby the blame of it wholly rests upon yourselves. But this was only insinuated, and therefore the people did not fully understand his drift in it. <\/P>
Ye have not found ought, <\/B>i.e. any thing which I have gotten by bribery or oppression. <\/P>
They answered, <\/B>Heb. he answered<\/I>, i.e. the whole people, who are here spoken of as one person, because they answered thus with one consent. <\/P> <\/p>\nFuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
5. the Lord is witness against you,and his anointed is witness<\/B>that, by their own acknowledgment,he had given them no cause to weary of the divine government byjudges, and that, therefore, the blame of desiring a change ofgovernment rested with themselves. This was only insinuated, and theydid not fully perceive his drift. <\/P>
1Sa12:6-16<\/span>. HE REPROVESTHE PEOPLE FORINGRATITUDE.<\/P><\/p>\n And he said unto them, the Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day<\/strong>,…. Should they hereafter reproach and vilify him, and charge him with any acts of corruption, injustice, and violence:<\/p>\n that ye have not found ought in my hand<\/strong>; that they had nothing to accuse him of and charge him with throughout his whole administration, but had asserted his innocence and integrity, had honourably acquitted him, and given him a fair character: and they answered, he is witness; the omniscient God is a witness against us, should we depart from this testimony, and Saul, the Lord’s anointed, is a witness that we have fully cleared thee from any imputations of maladministration. The word is singular, he “said” or answered g, that is, Israel said, the whole body of the people, they all replied as one man: the reason why Samuel made such a speech at this time, when he resigned his government to Saul, was not only to secure his own character, but to suggest to Saul how he should rule and govern according to his example; and that having established his own character, he could the more freely, and with the better grace, reprove the people for their sin, as in some following verses.<\/p>\n g “et dixit”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; Drusius.<\/p>\n (5) The Lord is witness.<\/strong>Then Samuel again, with increased solemnity, called the Eternal in the heavens above and His anointed king then standing by his side to witness what the people had just acknowledged concerning his scrupulously just rule.<\/p>\n And they answered, He is witness.<\/strong>And the assembly of Israel, again with one voice, shouted, Yes, He is witness.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>. <\/strong> They answered witness <\/strong> They thereby testified by an oath before God that there was no reason for them to be dissatisfied with Samuel’s administration, or for bringing about this revolution in their government.<\/p>\n (5) And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It was well that the people could not condemn him, but Samuel was more highly gratified, that he had a record on high. Reader! it is blessed, when in spiritual concerns we can appeal, like Paul, and say, God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the gospel of his Son. Rom 1:9<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Sa 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.<\/p>\n Ver. 5. The Lord is witness against you.<\/strong> ] Samuel being so innocent, was the fitter to reprove: otherwise they would have retorted, Heal thyself, cast out first the beam that is in thine own eye. Cave ne dicta factis deficientibus crubescant.<\/em> a<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And they answered, He is witness.<\/strong> ] Heb., And he answered, Witness. A voice from heaven answered, Witness; so some Hebrews sense it, as Lyra testifieth. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Tertul.<\/p>\n The Lord: Job 31:35-40, Job 42:7 <\/p>\n his anointed: 1Sa 26:9 <\/p>\n ye have: Joh 18:38, Act 23:9, Act 24:16, Act 24:20, 1Co 4:4, 2Co 1:12 <\/p>\n in my hand: Exo 22:4, Psa 17:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 31:50 – God Jdg 11:10 – The Lord 1Sa 12:3 – his anointed Job 16:19 – my witness Jer 42:5 – The Lord be Lam 4:20 – the anointed Mal 2:14 – the Lord Heb 11:12 – as the sand<\/p>\n 1Sa 12:5. The Lord is witness There cannot be a stronger or more amiable picture of integrity than we have in this speech of Samuel. Who can read it without feeling his heart touched with admiration of his character? Happy Samuel, who could thus call a whole kingdom to bear witness to his uprightness! Strange, infatuated people, that could wish to change such a governor for a king possessed of absolute power!<\/p>\n 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his {d} anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.<\/p>\n (d) Your King, who is anointed by the commandment of the Lord.<\/p>\n And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness. The Lord is witness against you, to wit, if you shall at any time hereafter reproach my government or memory. Or rather, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 12:5”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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