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1 Samuel 12:15

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 12:15

Verse 15 of 25

Scripture focus

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.

1 Samuel 12:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 12:15

Theological / Devotional

If ye will not obey. Israel had rebelled against God in asking for a king. They had often rebelled in the past, yet each time they cried to the Lord help had been forthcoming.

The hand of the Lord. They could not say God’s hand had been against them — He had protected and saved them repeatedly, even though in selfishness and folly they turned from Him again and again. He sought to lead them to respond voluntarily to His love as individuals. How else were they to learn that no nation can be saved as a nation, but that each individual must decide for himself irrespective of his environment?

By SdaBc