And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
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Gill's Exposition
And ye have this day rejected your God,.... As their king, by desiring another to be set over them:
who himself saved you out of all your adversity and your tribulations; that they had been in at…
Adam Clarke
I brought up Israel out of Egypt - These are similar to the upbraidings in Sa1 8:7, etc.
Saul's nomination to the throne is here made public, in a general assembly of the elders of Israel, the representatives of their respective tribes at Mizpeh. It is probable that this convention of the…
Cambridge Bible
I brought up Israel It was I who brought up Israel. The pronoun is emphatic, in contrast to and ye with which 1Sa 10:10 begins.
out of the hand of all kingdoms, [and of them that oppressed you Rather,…