19<\/strong>. Pray for thy servants<\/em> ] See note on 1Sa 7:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n this evil<\/em> ] Wickedness<\/strong>: the same word as in 1Sa 12:17<\/em><\/span> ; 1Sa 12:20<\/em><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n 1Sa 12:19<\/span><\/p>\n Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Intercessory prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>This Lesson contains Samuels official farewell to the people–that is, as Judge. There is something touching in all farewells. Retirement from long and distinguished service has ever a shade of melancholy; it reminds us of the transitoriness of human life and human greatness.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>There was one link with the old Judge which they were anxious to retain. The king might rule them in times of peace, and go forth with them as leader in times of war; he might be the representative of national unity and the keystone of national greatness; but it was to Samuel they turned when they wanted to be remembered before God. With one voice they besought him, Pray for thy servants, etc.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>It is the language of fear. The people were terrified with the thunder and rain. God had shown His displeasure by this sign<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It is the language of faith. Samuels power as an intercessor with God was a recognised fact. It was not the discovery of a passing emotion.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>It may not be presumptuous to inquire wherein his great strength in this respect lieth. First, his vocation as a prophet brought him very near to God. Secondly, the office without the life is not of much avail. Samuel lived for God, and it appears that, according to the degree of sanctity to which individuals attain, so is the efficacy of their intercessions.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>What was their fault? Viewed in reference to Samuel, it was ingratitude.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>But, regarded in reference to God, the asking for a king was a rejection of His direct rule. (1Sa 8:7<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Yet, what, looked at on the side of the spontaneous action of Gods people, was a grave fault–wickedness; when viewed in relation to the course of events, was a result of a variety of causes.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>But God can bring good out of evil. The formation of a kingdom was in His providence overruled to the ultimate fulfilment of His designs. Through it looms the kingdom of Christ and Christ the King, and, with the realised unity of the nation under a king, the carrying out of the Levitical Law as to one sanctuary; and in the temple, which was a result of this change, and its service and its Psalter, we have an image of the Catholic Church and her solemn ritual to the end of time.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>To quicken our belief in the efficacy of intercessory prayer.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>To remember that Christ is our invisible King and the Head of His Church; and that obedience to an outward rule must be accompanied by inward obedience, for though the kingdom of God, that is, the Church, is visible, yet it is also an inward kingdom of righteousness, joy, and peace in the Holy Ghost. (The Thinker.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 19<\/span>. Pray for thy servants – that we die not<\/B><\/I>] As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw that they had every thing to fear from his justice and power.<\/P> <\/P> We have added unto all our sins<\/B><\/I> this <\/B>evil<\/B><\/I>] It is no sin to have a king; a good king is one of the greatest blessings of God’s providence; but it is a sin to put a man<\/I> in the place of God<\/I>. Is it not strange that they did not now attempt to repair their fault? They might have done it, but they did not; they acknowledged their sin, but did not put it away. This is the general way of mankind. “God help us, we are all sinners!” is the general language of all people: but though to be a sinner<\/I> is to be in the most solemn<\/I> and awful<\/I> circumstances, yet they are contented to bear the character, heedless of the consequences!<\/P> <\/p>\n Pray for thy servants; <\/B>for so we shall still own ourselves to be, though we have got another master. <\/P> Unto the Lord thy God, <\/B>whom thou hast so great an interest in, and canst so easily prevail with for any mercy, whilst we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God, because we have so highly offended him. <\/P> That we die not; <\/B>that this terrible storm may be taken away, lest our persons and the fruits of the earth be all destroyed. <\/P> To ask us a king:<\/B> so horribly were they biassed with their prejudices and passions, that nothing but a miracle could convince them of this particular sin. <\/P> <\/p>\n And all the people said unto Samuel<\/strong>, During the tempest, and in the midst of it; it was the general cry of the people, they were unanimous in it:<\/p>\n pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not<\/strong>; though they had rejected him as their judge and supreme governor in desiring a king, now they were his humble servants, at least feignedly; and knowing what interest he had with God in prayer, they entreat him to make use of it on their behalf, who having sinned so greatly, had not the assurance to call the Lord their God, though they had no doubt of his being the God of Samuel, whose prayers he had heard, of which this tempest was a full proof; and was so violent, that if it continued, they were afraid they should be destroyed by the thunder and lightning, or they and their cattle, with the fruits of the earth, be washed away with the prodigious rain:<\/p>\n for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king<\/strong>; though Samuel had laid before them the evils and inconveniences of having a king, and had in the name of the Lord charged them with rejecting God as their king; yet nothing convinced them of their evil till this storm came, and then all their sins came fresh to their minds; and this added to the weight of them, and lay heaviest on them, that they had rejected the Lord, and slighted his prophets, and, notwithstanding all remonstrances, resolved on having a king.<\/p>\n 1Sa 12:19 And 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. Pray that we die not.] As they now feared they should, so terrible was the tempest: but good Samuel prayed it down again likely, when the people were thoroughly humbled. It is well observed that they say, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God; they say not, the Lord our God: for they might fear they had now forfeited their interest, and that they were discovenanted. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For we have added unto all our sins.<\/strong> ] By occasion of this sin, they came to the sight and recognition of many more. Our lives are as full of sins as the firmament is of stars, or the furnace of sparks.<\/p>\n Pray. Moses and Samuel specially named as intercessors. Psa 99:6. Jer 13:1. <\/p>\n evil. Same word as “wickedness” above. <\/p>\n Pray for thy: 1Sa 7:5, 1Sa 7:8, Gen 20:7, Exo 9:28, Exo 10:17, Job 42:8, Psa 78:34, Psa 78:35, Isa 26:16, Mal 1:9, Act 8:24, Jam 5:15, 1Jo 5:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 8:8 – Entreat Num 12:11 – I beseech thee Num 21:7 – We have Deu 17:14 – I will set Jdg 2:17 – they would 2Sa 9:7 – Fear not 1Ki 13:6 – now Job 37:13 – whether Isa 37:4 – lift up Jer 27:18 – let them Jer 37:3 – Pray Jer 42:2 – and pray<\/p>\n 1Sa 12:19-21. The Lord thy God Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God. Fear not With a desponding fear, as if there are no hope left for you. But turn not ye aside After idols, as they had often done before, and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterward. Vain things So idols are called Deu 32:21, Jer 2:5; and so they are, being mere nothings, having no power in them, no influence upon us, nor being of any use or benefit to us.<\/p>\n 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto {l} all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.<\/p>\n (l) Not only at other times, but now chiefly.<\/p>\n Samuel’s reassurance of the people 12:19-25<\/span><\/p>\n The people’s rebellion against God was not something they could undo. Consequences would follow. Nevertheless Samuel counseled them to follow and serve the Lord faithfully from then on. They should not fear that God would abandon them because of their sin of demanding a king. He would not cast them off because He had promised to stay with them and had committed Himself to them (Exo 19:5-6). His name (reputation) would suffer if He abandoned them.<\/p>\n Not only did the Israelites need to walk in obedience to God, they also needed the supportive intercession of Samuel that would bring down God’s enablement so they could follow Him faithfully. This Samuel promised them too. Intercession is a vitally important ministry of leaders of God’s people, and Samuel realized this (Jer 15:1; Psa 99:6).<\/p>\n "Prophetic intercession is regarded as essential to Israel’s continued prosperity; only when her doom is sealed is a prophet told to desist (Jer 11:14; Jer 14:11). Samuel’s ministry of intercession and teaching, exercised independently of the offices of state, becomes the norm for those who followed him in the prophetic succession. These are ’the irreducible aspects of the prophetic office’ (McCarter, p. 219)." [Note: Gordon, p. 130. His quotation is from P. Kyle McCarter Jr., I Samuel.] <\/span><\/p>\n To fear and serve God faithfully, the Israelites would need to remember God’s faithfulness to them in the past, and to bear in mind the certain consequences of disobedience (cf. Deu 28:41; Deu 28:45-64; Deu 30:15-20). The dark alternative was being swept away in exile.<\/p>\n This chapter sets forth clearly the basic principles by which God deals with His people. As such it is very important. It explains why things happened as they did in Israel and in the personal lives of the major characters that the writer emphasized. God articulated these principles earlier in the Torah, but He repeated them here.<\/p>\n In chapters 8-12, the record emphasizes that even though the people insisted on having a human king instead of God, God gave them one who was personally admirable and victorious in battle. Everything about Saul in these chapters is positive. God gave blessing to His people as long as their representative submitted to His authority.<\/p>\n And 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. 19. Pray for thy servants ] See note on 1Sa 7:5. this evil ] Wickedness: the same word as in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 12:19”<\/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-7488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488","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=7488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>The request. Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The reasons for this request. Their sense of sin in having asked for a king. They feared death, lest a glittering flash of lightning–a symbol of Divine wrath–should at once consume them.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>Lessons.<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"