Samuel’s Address at Saul’s Coronation
1 Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have1 heeded ayour voice in all that you said to me, and bhave made a king over you.
2 And now here is the king, awalking before you; band I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.
3 Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before aHis anointed: bWhose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any cbribe with which to dblind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
4 And they said, a“You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”
5 Then he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, athat you have not found anything bin my hand.” And they answered, “He is witness.”
6 Then Samuel said to the people, a“It is the Lord who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
7 Now therefore, stand still, that I may areason with you before the Lord concerning all the brighteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers:
8 aWhen Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers bcried out to the Lord, then the Lord csent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.
9 And when they aforgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of bSisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the cPhilistines, and into the hand of the king of dMoab; and they fought against them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 12:1.
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