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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:1

1Sa 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. Ver. 1. And Samuel said unto all Israel ] In this most excellent chapter the people giveth testimony to Samuel’s innocency, heareth his wisdom, seeth his patience, admireth his power with God. Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice. ] Which was so violent and impetuous. Now you must hearken to my voice, and be told that after your peace offerings God... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:2

1Sa 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. Ver. 2. And now, behold, the king walketh before you. ] Graditur ante vos: gressu, sc., grallatorio, with a pace and state befitting a king: with care and charge also, to be unto you a shepherd and a shield. See Numbers 27:17 . For which purpose, Samuel, as he here resigneth his power to him, so he propoundeth... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:3

1Sa 12:3 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. Ver. 3. Whose ox have I taken? ] So Moses purgeth himself, Num 16:15 that he had not taken a hoof of any one: and St Paul to the same purpose in many places; as Acts 20:33 1 Corinthians 9:18 , &c.: and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:4

1Sa 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand. Ver. 4. Thou hast not defrauded us. ] Happy is Samuel thus to be acquitted by himself in private, by others in public, in both by God. Quoad vixit, virtutum laude crevit, saith Cornelius Nepos concerning Cato. In maximis laboribus usque ad summam senectutem summa cum gloria vivit, saith Cicero of the same Cato. Invictus praeterea cupiditatibus animi et rigidae innocentiae,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:5

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. Ver. 5. The Lord is witness against you. ] 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. a And they answered, He is witness. ] Heb., And he answered,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:6

1Sa 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, [It is] the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 6. It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron. ] Heb., That made them; not only made them men, but great men. See the like, Deu 32:6 Isa 43:7 Eph 2:10 Revelation 1:6 . And that brought your fathers. ] And so made, that is, exalted them too. Act 13:17 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:7

1Sa 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. Ver. 7. Now therefore stand still. ] Bustle not, bristle not, but suffer the words of reproof and admonition. A proud person would have replied, Who can stand still to have his eyes picked out? A headstrong horse casteth his rider, and riseth up against him. That I may reason with you. ] Or, Contend with you in judgment. Sweetly said... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:8

1Sa 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. Ver. 8. Where Jacob was come into Egypt. ] When that "Syrian ready to perish went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous." Deu 26:5-9 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:9

1Sa 12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. Ver. 9. And when they forgat the Lord. ] As their wont was: and hence grew all their other wickednesses. See Romans 3:17-18 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 12:10

1Sa 12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. Ver. 10. And they cried unto the Lord. ] Lachrymas angustiae exprimit Crux; lachrymas poenitentiae Peccatum. Misery is the best art of memory; God whippeth his stragglers home by weeping cross. read more

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