1 Samuel 12

1 Samuel 12:1

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

1 Samuel 12:3

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

whom. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read “or whom”, thus preserving the Figure of speech Paradiastole (App-6) throughout verses: 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 12:3 and 1 Samuel 12:4.

1 Samuel 12:4

man’s. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

1 Samuel 12:8

Jacob. Compare Genesis 46:6, Genesis 46:6.

sent. Compare Exodus 4:16.

made = He caused. So Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

1 Samuel 12:9

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

of Hazor. Septuagint reads “of Jabin king of”.

1 Samuel 12:10

sinned. Hebrew chata’. App-44.

1 Samuel 12:11

and Bedan. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read “and Barak” (the names being much alike in Hebrew). and Samuel. The Peshito (or Revised Syriac) reads “and Samson”. But, if “Samuel”, these are not Samuel’s words, but Jehovah’s in Samuel’s mouth.

1 Samuel 12:12

ye saw. Figure of speech Hysteresis, or Hysterologia (App-6), by which a prior event is recorded later. children-sons.

1 Samuel 12:13

and. Some codices, with three early printed editions. Syriac, and Vulgate, read “for”.

1 Samuel 12:15

as, &c. Septuagint reads “and against your king”.

1 Samuel 12:17

send. It had to be sent, for rain in harvest was most exceptional; and would be regarded as sent in judgment. Compare Proverbs 26:1.

wickedness. Hebrew. raa ’. App-44.

1 Samuel 12:19

Pray. Moses and Samuel specially named as intercessors. Psalms 99:6. Jeremiah 13:1.

evil. Same word as “wickedness” above.

1 Samuel 12:22

will not forsake. Compare Genesis 28:15. Joshua 1:5. Quoted in Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2.

His People = a People for Himself.