24 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.
He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; But they don't regard the work of Yahweh, Neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant, shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
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Commentary on 1 Samuel 12 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 12
We left the general assembly of the states together, in the close of the foregoing chapter; in this chapter we have Samuel's speech to them, when he resigned the government into the hands of Saul, in which,
1Sa 12:1-5
Here,
1Sa 12:6-15
Samuel, having sufficiently secured his own reputation, instead of upbraiding the people upon it with their unkindness to him, sets himself to instruct them, and keep them in the way of their duty, and then the change of the government would be the less damage to them.
1Sa 12:16-25
Two things Samuel here aims at:-