Komentaryo sa 1 Samuel 12:22: Tze'enah Ure'enah & Rashi

“The Lord will not abandon His people, etc.” [12:22]. God will not abandon you, for the sake of His holy name, and will always redeem you. When Israel are in exile, the nations say, your God of Israel cannot help you. Therefore, the Holy One must redeem them from exile, so that God should show His strength and His wonders.

The Yalkut writes that it is written here, “For the sake of His great name” [12:22]. This means, for the sake of His holy name He does not want to abandon Israel. Elsewhere it is written, “the Lord will not abandon His people, etc.” [12:22]. This means that the Holy One does not abandon Israel because they are the people of God. The explanation is that the Holy One does not abandon Israel outside the land of Israel because they are the people of the Holy One. However, in the land of Israel the Holy One does not abandon Israel for the sake of His holy name.⁵Yalkut Shimoni, I Samuel, Remez, 117.

We should merit that God should not abandon us and redeem us with the Messiah. Amen.

For the sake of His great Name. For His fame has spread because of you, that He is your savior, and lest the fame of His greatness be lessened.¹² This verse indicates that ‘ה will not abandon the Bnei Yisroel because of the lack of their own merits, in order to uphold His own Name.—Radak

Adonoy has sworn.הוֹאִיל meaning he swore, as in, "And Shaul made the people swear ]וַיֹאֶל[."¹³ Below 14:24.