Samuel, grown old, testifies his integrity before the people, which they confirm, Sa1 12:1-5. He reproves them for their ingratitude and disobedience; and gives a summary of the history of their fathers, Sa1 12:6-12. …
1Dijo Samuel a todo Israel: He aquí, yo he oído vuestra voz en todo cuanto me habéis dicho, y os he puesto rey.
2Ahora, pues, he aquí vuestro rey va delante de vosotros. Yo soy ya viejo y lleno de canas; pero mis hijos están con vosotros, y yo he andado delante de vosotros desde mi juventud hasta este día.
3Aquí estoy; atestiguad contra mí delante de Jehová y delante de su ungido, si he tomado el buey de alguno, si he tomado el asno de alguno, si he calumniado a alguien, si he agraviado a alguno, o si de alguien he tomado cohecho para cegar mis ojos con él; y os lo restituiré.
4Entonces dijeron: Nunca nos has calumniado ni agraviado, ni has tomado algo de mano de ningún hombre.
5Y él les dijo: Jehová es testigo contra vosotros, y su ungido también es testigo en este día, que no habéis hallado cosa alguna en mi mano. Y ellos respondieron: Así es.
6Entonces Samuel dijo al pueblo: Jehová que designó a Moisés y a Aarón, y sacó a vuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, es testigo.
7Ahora, pues, aguardad, y contenderé con vosotros delante de Jehová acerca de todos los hechos de salvación que Jehová ha hecho con vosotros y con vuestros padres.
8Cuando Jacob hubo entrado en Egipto, y vuestros padres clamaron a Jehová, Jehová envió a Moisés y a Aarón, los cuales sacaron a vuestros padres de Egipto, y los hicieron habitar en este lugar.
9Y olvidaron a Jehová su Dios, y él los vendió en mano de Sísara jefe del ejército de Hazor, y en mano de los filisteos, y en mano del rey de Moab, los cuales les hicieron guerra.
10Y ellos clamaron a Jehová, y dijeron: Hemos pecado, porque hemos dejado a Jehová y hemos servido a los baales y a Astarot; líbranos, pues, ahora de mano de nuestros enemigos, y te serviremos.
11Entonces Jehová envió a Jerobaal, a Barac, a Jefté y a Samuel, y os libró de mano de vuestros enemigos en derredor, y habitasteis seguros.
12Y habiendo visto que Nahas rey de los hijos de Amón venía contra vosotros, me dijisteis: No, sino que ha de reinar sobre nosotros un rey; siendo así que Jehová vuestro Dios era vuestro rey.
13Ahora, pues, he aquí el rey que habéis elegido, el cual pedisteis; ya veis que Jehová ha puesto rey sobre vosotros.
14Si temiereis a Jehová y le sirviereis, y oyereis su voz, y no fuereis rebeldes a la palabra de Jehová, y si tanto vosotros como el rey que reina sobre vosotros servís a Jehová vuestro Dios, haréis bien.
15Mas si no oyereis la voz de Jehová, y si fuereis rebeldes a las palabras de Jehová, la mano de Jehová estará contra vosotros como estuvo contra vuestros padres.
16Esperad aún ahora, y mirad esta gran cosa que Jehová hará delante de vuestros ojos.
17¿No es ahora la siega del trigo? Yo clamaré a Jehová, y él dará truenos y lluvias, para que conozcáis y veáis que es grande vuestra maldad que habéis hecho ante los ojos de Jehová, pidiendo para vosotros rey.
18Y Samuel clamó a Jehová, y Jehová dio truenos y lluvias en aquel día; y todo el pueblo tuvo gran temor de Jehová y de Samuel.
19Entonces dijo todo el pueblo a Samuel: Ruega por tus siervos a Jehová tu Dios, para que no muramos; porque a todos nuestros pecados hemos añadido este mal de pedir rey para nosotros.
20Y Samuel respondió al pueblo: No temáis; vosotros habéis hecho todo este mal; pero con todo eso no os apartéis de en pos de Jehová, sino servidle con todo vuestro corazón.
21No os apartéis en pos de vanidades que no aprovechan ni libran, porque son vanidades.
22Pues Jehová no desamparará a su pueblo, por su grande nombre; porque Jehová ha querido haceros pueblo suyo.
23Así que, lejos sea de mí que peque yo contra Jehová cesando de rogar por vosotros; antes os instruiré en el camino bueno y recto.
24Solamente temed a Jehová y servidle de verdad con todo vuestro corazón, pues considerad cuán grandes cosas ha hecho por vosotros.
25Mas si perseverareis en hacer mal, vosotros y vuestro rey pereceréis.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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Versículo 1
I. And Samuel said - It is very likely that it was at this public meeting Samuel delivered the follo…
And Samuel said - It is very likely that it was at this public meeting Samuel delivered the following address; no other time seems to be given for it, and this is the most proper that could be chosen.
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II. My sons are with you - It is generally agreed that these words intimate that Samuel had deprived …
My sons are with you - It is generally agreed that these words intimate that Samuel had deprived them of their public employ, and reduced them to a level with the common people.
Have walked before you from my childhood - He had been a long, steady, and immaculate servant of the public.
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III. Witness against me - Did ever a minister of state, in any part of the world, resign his office wi…
Witness against me - Did ever a minister of state, in any part of the world, resign his office with so much self-consciousness of integrity, backed with the universal approbation of the public? No man was oppressed under his government, no man defrauded! He had accumulated no riches for himself; he had procured none for his friends; nor had one needy dependant been provided for out of the public purse. He might have pardoned his own sons, who had acted improperly, before he quitted the government; but though he was the most tender of parents, he would not, but abandoned them to national justice, with only a tacit solicitation of mercy: Behold, my sons are with you! They have acted improperly; I deprived them of their authority; they are amenable to you for their past conduct; I have walked uprightly and disinterestedly among you; they have not followed my steps: but can you forgive them for their father's sake? As a minister of justice, he abandons them to their fate; as a tender father, he indirectly and modestly pleads for them on the ground of his own services. Had he not acted thus in both these relations, he would have been unworthy of that character which he so deservedly bears.
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IV. They said, Thou hast not defrauded - Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say…
They said, Thou hast not defrauded - Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say such things?
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V. Now therefore stand still - I have arraigned myself before God and you; I now arraign you before …
Now therefore stand still - I have arraigned myself before God and you; I now arraign you before God.
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VI. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron - He shows them that through all their history God had ever raised …
The Lord sent Moses and Aaron - He shows them that through all their history God had ever raised them up deliverers, when their necessities required such interference.
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VII. The hand of Sisera - See these transactions in the book of Judges, Jdg 4:2 (note).
The hand of Sisera - See these transactions in the book of Judges, Jdg 4:2 (note).
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VIII. Jerubbaal - That is, Gideon. And Bedan: instead of Bedan, whose name occurs nowhere else as a jud…
Jerubbaal - That is, Gideon. And Bedan: instead of Bedan, whose name occurs nowhere else as a judge or deliverer of Israel, the Septuagint have Barak; the same reading is found in the Syriac and Arabic. The Targum has Samson. Many commentators are of this opinion; but Calmet thinks that Jair is intended, who judged Israel twenty-two years, Jdg 10:3. Instead of Samuel the Syriac and Arabic have Samson; and it is most natural to suppose that Samuel does not mention himself in this place. St. Paul's authority confirms these alterations: The time would fail me, says he, to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, of David, etc.
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IX. When ye saw that Nahash - This was not the first time they had demanded a king; see before, Sa1 8…
When ye saw that Nahash - This was not the first time they had demanded a king; see before, Sa1 8:5. But at the crisis mentioned here they became more importunate; and it was in consequence of this that the kingdom was a second time confirmed to Saul. Saul was elected at Mizpeh, he was confirmed at Gilgal.
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X. If ye will fear the Lord, etc. - On condition that ye rebel no more, God will take you and your k…
If ye will fear the Lord, etc. - On condition that ye rebel no more, God will take you and your king under his merciful protection, and he and his kingdom shall be confirmed and continued.
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XI. This great thing - This unusual occurrence.
This great thing - This unusual occurrence.
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Versículo 17
XII. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? - That is, This is the time of wheat harvest. According to St. Je…
Is it not wheat harvest to-day? - That is, This is the time of wheat harvest. According to St. Jerome, who spent several years in the promised land, this harvest commenced about the end of June or beginning of July, in which he says he never saw rain in Judea: Nunquam enim in fine mensis Junii, sive in mense Julio, in his provinciis, maximeque in Judea, pluvias vidimus. - Hier. in Amo 4:7; where he refers to this very history. What occurred now hardly ever occurs there but in the winter months.
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XIII. The Lord sent thunder and rain that day - This was totally unusual; and, as it came at the call o…
The Lord sent thunder and rain that day - This was totally unusual; and, as it came at the call of Samuel, was a most evident miracle.
Greatly feared the Lord - They dreaded His terrible majesty; and they feared Samuel, perceiving that he had so much power with God.
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XIV. Pray for thy servants - that we die not - As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw th…
Pray for thy servants - that we die not - As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw that they had every thing to fear from his justice and power.
We have added unto all our sins this evil - 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 in the place of God. 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 is to be in the most solemn and awful circumstances, yet they are contented to bear the character, heedless of the consequences!
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XV. Ye have done all this wickedness - That is, although ye have done all this wickedness: what was p…
Ye have done all this wickedness - That is, although ye have done all this wickedness: what was past God would pass by, provided they would be obedient in future.
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Versículo 21
16. After vain things - That is, idols; which he calls here התהו hattohu, the same expression found G…
After vain things - That is, idols; which he calls here התהו hattohu, the same expression found Gen 1:2. The earth was תהו tohu; it was waste, empty, and formless: so idols; they are confusion, and things of naught, for an idol is nothing in the world, it is not the representative of any intelligent being.
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17. The Lord will not forsake his people - He will not as yet cast you off, though you have deserved …
The Lord will not forsake his people - He will not as yet cast you off, though you have deserved it. His purpose in preserving them in their land and religion was not yet accomplished. It was not however for their sake that he would not cast them off, but for his own great name's sake. He drew his reasons from himself.
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18. God forbid that I should sin - They had earnestly begged him, Sa1 12:19, to pray to God for them,…
God forbid that I should sin - They had earnestly begged him, Sa1 12:19, to pray to God for them, that they might not die; and he tells them that he should consider himself a sinner, should he cease to be their intercessor.
But I will teach you the good and the right way - I will show you, as long as I am with you, what true religion is; it is the way to happiness and heaven. It is right - there is no crookedness in it; it is good - there is no evil in it.
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19. Only fear the Lord - Know, respect, and reverence him.
Only fear the Lord - Know, respect, and reverence him.
Serve him - Consider him your Lord and Master; consider yourselves his servants.
In truth - Be ever honest, ever sincere; with all your heart - have every affection engaged in the work of obedience; act not merely from a principle of duty, but also from a pious, affectionate sense of obligation. Act towards your God as an affectionate child should act towards a tender and loving parent.
Consider how great things - Review the history of your fathers, review your own life; see what interpositions of power, mercy, goodness, and truth, God has displayed in your behalf! Has he not daily loaded you with his benefits?
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Versículo 25
20. Ye shall be consumed - If ye do wickedly you shall be destroyed, your kingdom destroyed, and your…
Ye shall be consumed - If ye do wickedly you shall be destroyed, your kingdom destroyed, and your king destroyed. Here they had set before them life and good, death and evil. Never was a people more fully warned, and never did a people profit less by the warning; and they continue to this day monuments of God's justice and forbearance. Reader, What art thou? Perhaps a similar monument. Consider therefore what great things God has done for thee.
Antiguo Testamento
1 Samuel — Capítulo 12
Samuel, grown old, testifies his integrity before the people, which they confirm, Sa1 12:1-5. He reproves them for their ingratitude and disobedience; and gives a summary of the history of their fathers, Sa1 12:6-12. …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Dijo Samuel a todo Israel: He aquí, yo he oído vuestra voz en todo cuanto me habéis dicho, y os he puesto rey.
2Ahora, pues, he aquí vuestro rey va delante de vosotros. Yo soy ya viejo y lleno de canas; pero mis hijos están con vosotros, y yo he andado delante de vosotros desde mi juventud hasta este día.
3Aquí estoy; atestiguad contra mí delante de Jehová y delante de su ungido, si he tomado el buey de alguno, si he tomado el asno de alguno, si he calumniado a alguien, si he agraviado a alguno, o si de alguien he tomado cohecho para cegar mis ojos con él; y os lo restituiré.
4Entonces dijeron: Nunca nos has calumniado ni agraviado, ni has tomado algo de mano de ningún hombre.
5Y él les dijo: Jehová es testigo contra vosotros, y su ungido también es testigo en este día, que no habéis hallado cosa alguna en mi mano. Y ellos respondieron: Así es.
6Entonces Samuel dijo al pueblo: Jehová que designó a Moisés y a Aarón, y sacó a vuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto, es testigo.
7Ahora, pues, aguardad, y contenderé con vosotros delante de Jehová acerca de todos los hechos de salvación que Jehová ha hecho con vosotros y con vuestros padres.
8Cuando Jacob hubo entrado en Egipto, y vuestros padres clamaron a Jehová, Jehová envió a Moisés y a Aarón, los cuales sacaron a vuestros padres de Egipto, y los hicieron habitar en este lugar.
9Y olvidaron a Jehová su Dios, y él los vendió en mano de Sísara jefe del ejército de Hazor, y en mano de los filisteos, y en mano del rey de Moab, los cuales les hicieron guerra.
10Y ellos clamaron a Jehová, y dijeron: Hemos pecado, porque hemos dejado a Jehová y hemos servido a los baales y a Astarot; líbranos, pues, ahora de mano de nuestros enemigos, y te serviremos.
11Entonces Jehová envió a Jerobaal, a Barac, a Jefté y a Samuel, y os libró de mano de vuestros enemigos en derredor, y habitasteis seguros.
12Y habiendo visto que Nahas rey de los hijos de Amón venía contra vosotros, me dijisteis: No, sino que ha de reinar sobre nosotros un rey; siendo así que Jehová vuestro Dios era vuestro rey.
13Ahora, pues, he aquí el rey que habéis elegido, el cual pedisteis; ya veis que Jehová ha puesto rey sobre vosotros.
14Si temiereis a Jehová y le sirviereis, y oyereis su voz, y no fuereis rebeldes a la palabra de Jehová, y si tanto vosotros como el rey que reina sobre vosotros servís a Jehová vuestro Dios, haréis bien.
15Mas si no oyereis la voz de Jehová, y si fuereis rebeldes a las palabras de Jehová, la mano de Jehová estará contra vosotros como estuvo contra vuestros padres.
16Esperad aún ahora, y mirad esta gran cosa que Jehová hará delante de vuestros ojos.
17¿No es ahora la siega del trigo? Yo clamaré a Jehová, y él dará truenos y lluvias, para que conozcáis y veáis que es grande vuestra maldad que habéis hecho ante los ojos de Jehová, pidiendo para vosotros rey.
18Y Samuel clamó a Jehová, y Jehová dio truenos y lluvias en aquel día; y todo el pueblo tuvo gran temor de Jehová y de Samuel.
19Entonces dijo todo el pueblo a Samuel: Ruega por tus siervos a Jehová tu Dios, para que no muramos; porque a todos nuestros pecados hemos añadido este mal de pedir rey para nosotros.
20Y Samuel respondió al pueblo: No temáis; vosotros habéis hecho todo este mal; pero con todo eso no os apartéis de en pos de Jehová, sino servidle con todo vuestro corazón.
21No os apartéis en pos de vanidades que no aprovechan ni libran, porque son vanidades.
22Pues Jehová no desamparará a su pueblo, por su grande nombre; porque Jehová ha querido haceros pueblo suyo.
23Así que, lejos sea de mí que peque yo contra Jehová cesando de rogar por vosotros; antes os instruiré en el camino bueno y recto.
24Solamente temed a Jehová y servidle de verdad con todo vuestro corazón, pues considerad cuán grandes cosas ha hecho por vosotros.
25Mas si perseverareis en hacer mal, vosotros y vuestro rey pereceréis.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. And Samuel said - It is very likely that it was at this public meeting Samuel delivered the follo…
Versículo 2
II. My sons are with you - It is generally agreed that these words intimate that Samuel had deprived …
Versículo 3
III. Witness against me - Did ever a minister of state, in any part of the world, resign his office wi…
Versículo 4
IV. They said, Thou hast not defrauded - Of what minister or governor can any nation under heaven say…
Versículo 7
V. Now therefore stand still - I have arraigned myself before God and you; I now arraign you before …
Versículo 8
VI. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron - He shows them that through all their history God had ever raised …
Versículo 9
VII. The hand of Sisera - See these transactions in the book of Judges, Jdg 4:2 (note).
Versículo 11
VIII. Jerubbaal - That is, Gideon. And Bedan: instead of Bedan, whose name occurs nowhere else as a jud…
Versículo 12
IX. When ye saw that Nahash - This was not the first time they had demanded a king; see before, Sa1 8…
Versículo 14
X. If ye will fear the Lord, etc. - On condition that ye rebel no more, God will take you and your k…
Versículo 16
XI. This great thing - This unusual occurrence.
Versículo 17
XII. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? - That is, This is the time of wheat harvest. According to St. Je…
Versículo 18
XIII. The Lord sent thunder and rain that day - This was totally unusual; and, as it came at the call o…
Versículo 19
XIV. Pray for thy servants - that we die not - As they knew they had rebelled against God, they saw th…
Versículo 20
XV. Ye have done all this wickedness - That is, although ye have done all this wickedness: what was p…
Versículo 21
16. After vain things - That is, idols; which he calls here התהו hattohu, the same expression found G…
Versículo 22
17. The Lord will not forsake his people - He will not as yet cast you off, though you have deserved …
Versículo 23
18. God forbid that I should sin - They had earnestly begged him, Sa1 12:19, to pray to God for them,…
Versículo 24
19. Only fear the Lord - Know, respect, and reverence him.
Versículo 25
20. Ye shall be consumed - If ye do wickedly you shall be destroyed, your kingdom destroyed, and your…