1 Samuel 12:14

14 Si vous craignez l'Éternel, si vous le servez, si vous obéissez à sa voix, et si vous n'êtes point rebelles au commandement de l'Éternel, alors, et vous et le roi qui règne sur vous, vous aurez l'Éternel votre Dieu devant vous;

1 Samuel 12:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:14

If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice,
&c.] All worship and service of God, and obedience to his word and ordinances, should spring from fear and reverence of him; and therefore the whole of worship, both external and internal, is sometimes expressed by the fear of the Lord:

and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord;
break it, and thereby exasperate him, and provoke him to wrath and bitterness:

then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you,
continue following the Lord your God; the Targum is,

``after the worship of the Lord your God;''

which was their duty to do, and is expressed in the preceding clauses; and this therefore is rather a promise of some benefit and privilege to their duty, and to encourage them to it, since it stands opposed to the threatening of punishment in the next verse; and the words in the original are, "then shall ye &c. be after the Lord your God" ^F12: that is, though they had in effect rejected the Lord from being their King, by asking and having one; yet notwithstanding, if they and their king were obedient to the commands of the Lord, he would not cast them off; but they should follow him as their guide, leader, and director, and he would protect and defend them as a shepherd does his sheep that follow after him; so Jarchi takes it to be a promise of long life and happiness to them and their king,

``ye shall be established to length of days, both ye and the king.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (hwhy rxa-Mtyyh) "eritis post Dominum", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Piscator.

1 Samuel 12:14 In-Context

12 Mais, voyant que Nachash, roi des enfants d'Ammon, venait contre vous, vous m'avez dit: Non! mais un roi règnera sur nous; bien que l'Éternel, votre Dieu, fût votre roi.

13 Et maintenant, voici le roi que vous avez choisi, que vous avez demandé; et voici, l'Éternel a établi un roi sur vous.

14 Si vous craignez l'Éternel, si vous le servez, si vous obéissez à sa voix, et si vous n'êtes point rebelles au commandement de l'Éternel, alors, et vous et le roi qui règne sur vous, vous aurez l'Éternel votre Dieu devant vous;

15 Mais si vous n'obéissez pas à la voix de l'Éternel, et si vous êtes rebelles au commandement de l'Éternel, la main de l'Éternel sera contre vous, comme elle a été contre vos pères.

16 Or maintenant attendez, et voyez cette grande chose que l'Éternel va faire devant vos yeux.