New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Samuel 12:19-23
19Then all the people said to Samuel, “1Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins 2this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”
20Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet 3do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21You must not turn aside, for then you would go after 4futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.
22For 5the Lord will not abandon His people 6on account of His great name, because the Lord 7has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
23Moreover, as for me, 8far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but 9I will instruct you in the good and right way.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 12:19 Ex 9:28; 1 Sam 12:23; Jer 15:1; 1 John 5:16 ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 12:19 1 Sam 12:17, 20 ↩
- 3. 1 Samuel 12:20 Deut 11:16 ↩
- 4. 1 Samuel 12:21 Deut 11:16; Is 41:29; Hab 2:18 ↩
- 5. 1 Samuel 12:22 Deut 31:6; 1 Kin 6:13 ↩
- 6. 1 Samuel 12:22 Ex 32:12; Num 14:13; Josh 7:9; Ps 106:8; Jer 14:21 ↩
- 7. 1 Samuel 12:22 Deut 7:6-11; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 8. 1 Samuel 12:23 Rom 1:9; 1 Cor 9:16; Col 1:9; 1 Thess 3:10; 2 Tim 1:3 ↩
- 9. 1 Samuel 12:23 1 Kin 8:36; Ps 34:11; Prov 4:11 ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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