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For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Yahweh will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because Yahweh has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will not abandon his people, because of his great name and because he has determined to make you his own people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD has chosen you to be his own people. He will always take care of you so that everyone will know how great he is. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />For the sake of his great name, the LORD will not abandon his people, because the LORD wants to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has made a solemn promise, and he will not abandon you, for he has decided to make you his own people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, the LORD won't abandon His people for the sake of His great name, for the LORD desires to make you a people for himself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people to himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for YHWH does not leave His people, on account of His great Name; for YHWH has been pleased to make you for a people to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For Jehovah will not cast off his people on account of his great name, for Jehovah willed to make you to him for a people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the sake of his own great name the LORD will not abandon his people, since the LORD has decided to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake; because he is pleased to make you his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because LORD JEHOVAH has not abandoned his people, because his name is great, for he has been persuaded to make you a people to himself<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/12-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=3075" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/12.htm">Samuel's Farewell Address</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇūr (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or rabur; passive participle of abar; properly, crossed, i.e. transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that.">for the sake</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">of His great</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: yiṭ·ṭōš (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">abandon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">His people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/2974.htm" title="2974: hō·w·’îl (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to yield, especially assent; hence To undertake as an act of volition.">was pleased</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">His</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lə·‘ām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">own.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-6.htm">Deuteronomy 31:6</a></span><br />Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-5.htm">Joshua 1:5</a></span><br />No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a></span><br />“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15-16</a></span><br />“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you! / Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Psalm 94:14</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-31.htm">Psalm 89:31-34</a></span><br />if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, / I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. / But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/23-3.htm">Psalm 23:3</a></span><br />He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">1 Kings 6:13</a></span><br />And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-20.htm">1 Chronicles 28:20</a></span><br />David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-2</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a></span><br />being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.</p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a></b></br> Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God <i>is</i> not among us?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">1 Kings 6:13</a></b></br> And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">2 Kings 21:14</a></b></br> And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;</p><p class="hdg">for his great</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12</a></b></br> Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-13.htm">Numbers 14:13-19</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear <i>it</i>, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-26.htm">Deuteronomy 32:26,27</a></b></br> I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: … </p><p class="hdg">it hath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a></b></br> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <i>is</i> mine: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7,8</a></b></br> The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye <i>were</i> the fewest of all people: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a></b></br> Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Account</a> <a href="/ruth/2-16.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-6.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/revelation/2-3.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/judges/19-6.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/ruth/1-13.htm">Sake</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/6-13.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-43.htm">Account</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-42.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-30.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-41.htm">Name's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-22.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-11.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">Reject</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-10.htm">Sake</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/12-1.htm">Samuel testifies his integrity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/12-6.htm">He reproves the people of ingratitude</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/12-16.htm">He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/12-20.htm">he comforts them in God's mercy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Indeed, for the sake of His great name</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of God's reputation and character. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a name represented one's identity and reputation. God's name is associated with His holiness, faithfulness, and power. Throughout the Bible, God's actions are often tied to the sanctity of His name (<a href="/ezekiel/36-22.htm">Ezekiel 36:22-23</a>). The preservation of His name's honor is a recurring theme, as seen in the Lord's Prayer, "Hallowed be Your name" (<a href="/matthew/6-9.htm">Matthew 6:9</a>).<p><b>the LORD will not abandon His people</b><br>This assurance reflects God's covenant faithfulness. Historically, Israel had experienced God's deliverance from Egypt and His guidance through the wilderness. Despite their repeated disobedience, God remained committed to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This promise of not abandoning His people is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus assures His followers of His continual presence (<a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Matthew 28:20</a>).<p><b>because He was pleased to make you His own</b><br>This phrase highlights God's sovereign choice and grace. Israel's selection as God's people was not based on their merit but on God's love and purpose (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-8</a>). This concept of divine election is further developed in the New Testament, where believers are described as chosen by God (<a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a>). The pleasure God takes in His people is a reflection of His loving nature and His desire for a relationship with humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>The last judge of Israel, a prophet, and a key figure in the transition from the period of judges to the monarchy. He delivered this message to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were transitioning from a theocracy to a monarchy under King Saul. They are the recipients of Samuel's message.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is faithful to His promises and His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_saul.htm">King Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, whose reign marked a significant shift in Israel's governance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mizpah.htm">Mizpah</a></b><br>A significant location in Samuel's ministry where he gathered the Israelites for important events, including the anointing of Saul as king.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_name.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Name</a></b><br>God's commitment to His people is rooted in His own character and reputation. His actions are consistent with His nature as a faithful and covenant-keeping God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_presence.htm">The Assurance of God's Presence</a></b><br>Believers can find comfort in knowing that God will not abandon them. His presence is assured because of His promises and His pleasure in making us His own.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god's_choice.htm">Identity in God's Choice</a></b><br>Our identity as God's people is not based on our own merits but on His sovereign choice and pleasure. This should lead to humility and gratitude.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_relationship.htm">The Importance of Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Understanding our relationship with God as a covenant relationship helps us grasp the depth of His commitment and the seriousness of our response to His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_for_god's_glory.htm">Living for God's Glory</a></b><br>As God's people, our lives should reflect His glory and honor His name. This involves obedience, worship, and a commitment to His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_ebenezer_mean.htm">What does Ebenezer mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_david's_temple_ban_reason_given.htm">Why does God forbid David from building the temple in 1 Chronicles 22:8 but never give that explicit reason in the parallel accounts (e.g., 2 Samuel 7)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_promise_restoration_if_judgment_remains.htm">Why does Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8:33-34 promise national restoration to Israel if they repent, when other biblical passages suggest God's judgment can remain despite repentance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_rhetorical_criticism.htm">Who was Uriah the Hittite in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">It hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.</span>--The simple doctrine of election--as far as we can see, based alone on the arbitrary will of <span class= "ital">God </span>(though, no doubt, unseen by us, deep reasons exist for every seemingly arbitrary choice)--is here enunciated. The analogy of every-day life teaches the same truth. "He maketh one vessel to honour and another to dishonour." These things are to us inscrutable.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For his great name's sake.</span> Though Samuel in ver. 14 had described their well being as dependent upon their own conduct, yet in a higher light it depended upon God's will. He had chosen Israel not for its own sake (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7, 8</a>), but for a special purpose, to minister to the Divine plan for the redemption of all mankind, and so, though individuals might sin to their own ruin, and the nation bring upon itself severe chastisements, yet it must continue according to the tenor of God's promises (see on 1 Samuel 2:30), and through weal and woe discharge the duty imposed upon it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/12-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֠י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the sake</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲב֖וּר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5668.htm">Strong's 5668: </a> </span><span class="str2">Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of His great</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגָּד֑וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמ֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">abandon</span><br /><span class="heb">יִטֹּ֤שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṭ·ṭōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His people,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because [He]</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was pleased</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹאִ֣יל</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·’îl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2974.htm">Strong's 2974: </a> </span><span class="str2">To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to make</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">[own].</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/12-22.htm">1 Samuel 12:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 12:22 For Yahweh will not forsake his people (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/12-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 12:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 12:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/12-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 12:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 12:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>