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1 Samuel 12:21
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19 And all the people said to Samuel, a“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”  
20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; ayet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.  
21 And ado not turn aside; bfor then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.  
22 For athe Lord will not forsake bHis people, cfor His great name’s sake, because dit has pleased the Lord to make you His people.  
23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord ain ceasing to pray for you; but bI will teach you the cgood and the right way.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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1 Samuel 12:21

After vain things - That is, idols; which he calls here hattohu , the same expression found Genesis 1:2. The earth was 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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