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1 Samuel 12:2
英文原文
My sons are with you - Possibly, however, a tinge of mortified feeling at the rejection of himself and his family, mixed with a desire to recommend his sons to the favor and goodwill of the nation, is at the bottom of this mention of them.
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1 Samuel 12:3
「他的受膏者」——即掃羅王。「彌賽亞」（Messiah）——希臘文 Χριστὸς（Christos）、拉丁文 unctus，意即「受膏者」——這稱號曾賜給眾大祭司（Leviticus 4:3；另比較 1 Samuel 2:10、1 Samuel 2:35）；但以色列實際在位的王承擔「神的基督」這稱號，這是最早的事例，如此便預表神真正的彌賽亞、即神的基督。
「賄賂」——原文直譯是「贖價」，即罪犯用以代替監禁或死刑所繳的罰金（Exodus 21:30），在此引伸指賄賂不義的法官、誘使他開釋罪犯的錢財（比較 Amos 5:12）。
「蒙蔽眼睛……」——見邊註串珠。這措辭用於把目光別轉的人：或是拒絕施助，或是表示輕蔑，或如這裏，是對錯事視而不見。
英文原文
His anointed - i. e., king Saul. The title Messiah, Χριστὸς Christos, unctus, or anointed, had been given to the High Priests (Leviticus 4:3 : compare also 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:35); but this is the earliest instance of an actual king of Israel bearing the title of God's Christ, and thus typifying the true Messiah or Christ of God.
Any bribe - literally, a "ransom," the fine paid by a criminal in lieu of bonds or death Exodus 21:30, applied to the bribe paid to an unjust judge to induce him to acquit the guilty. (Compare Amos 5:12.)
To blind ... - See the margin. The phrase is used of one who averts his eyes, as refusing assistance, or as showing contempt, or, as here, as winking at what is wrong.
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1 Samuel 12:6
「設立」——意即指派他們擔任職分；直譯是「立」（見邊註串珠；1 Kings 12:31；Hebrews 3:2）。撒母耳的目的，是要使百姓深深確信：耶和華是他們的神，也是他們列祖的神；他們立國的存在和一切民族的福分都歸於祂；而對祂忠誠、排除一切別的敬拜（1 Samuel 12:21），是新立王國唯一的安全。請留意經文不斷以出埃及為衆所周知的民族生活轉捩點（見 1 Samuel 4:8；1 Samuel 6:6）。
英文原文
Advanced - In the sense of appointing them to their office. It is, literally, "made" (see the margin; 1 Kings 12:31; Hebrews 3:2). Samuel's purpose is to impress the people with the conviction that Yahweh was their God, and the God of their fathers; that to Him they owed their national existence and all their national blessings, and that faithfulness to Him, to the exclusion of all other worship 1 Samuel 12:21 was the only safety of the newly-established monarchy. Observe the constant reference to the Exodus as the well-known turning-point of their national life (see 1 Samuel 4:8; 1 Samuel 6:6).
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1 Samuel 12:9
按照《士師記》現今的編排以及通行的年代計算，西西拉的欺壓理應發生於進入迦南之後約二百年。然而撒母耳在此將它列為第一次重大的奴役，置於摩押王伊磯倫治下的欺壓之前，也置於珊迦所拯救他們脫離的那次奴役之前。這與《士師記》本身的內在證據也相吻合。這也是 Judges 10:11 的順序，只是在那裡，亞捫人 Judges 3:13 被置於非利士人之先。
英文原文
According to the present arrangement of the Book of Judges, and the common chronology, the oppression of Sisera must have occurred about 200 years after the entrance into Canaan. But Samuel here places it as the first great servitude, before that under Eglon king of Moab, or that from which Shamgar delivered them. And this is in accordance with the internal evidence of the Book of Judges itself. It is also the order of Judges 10:11, except that there the Ammonites Judges 3:13 are placed before the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 12:11
「比但」——在拯救以色列的士師中，並沒有這樣的名字。有些譯本和註釋家讀作「巴拉」，因為這兩個詞在希伯來文字母的形狀上頗為相似。
「撒母耳」——撒母耳提到自己的士師職分，並無不妥或失當之處。那職分提供了神施行拯救的一個顯著實例（1 Samuel 7:12-15）；這既是最後的拯救，也是最重大的拯救之一，他這樣提及是很自然的事。Hebrews 11:32 的經文，對這裏提到撒母耳，與對有些人主張改讀的「參孫」一樣，同樣有利。
英文原文
Bedan - No such name occurs among the Judges who delivered Israel. Some versions and commentators read "Barak," the form of the letters of both words being in Hebrew somewhat similar.
And Samuel - There is nothing improper or out of place in Samuel mentioning his own judgeship. It had supplied a remarkable instance of God's deliverance 1 Samuel 7:12-15; and, as it was the last as well as one of the very greatest deliverances, it was natural he should do so. The passage in Hebrews 11:32 is quite as favorable to the mention of Samuel here as to that of "Samson," which some propose to read instead of "Samuel."
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1 Samuel 12:17
「割麥子的時候」——約在五月十五日至六月十五日之間。耶柔米——他正是目擊者——作證說：「我在猶太地從未在六月末或七月見過下雨」；這證言得到現代旅行者的印證。
英文原文
Wheat harvest - Between May 15 and June 15. Jerome's testimony (that of an eye-witness) "I have never seen rain in the end of June, or in July, in Judaea" is borne out by modern travelers.
「我的兒子都在你們這裏」——然而，這次提及他們的背後，也許混雜着因自己和自己的家族遭棄而生的屈辱之感，以及想把兒子交託給百姓的恩遇與善意的心願。