"And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots."
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This organization was as old as the time of Moses Numbers 31:14;
Deuteronomy 1:15, and prevailed among the Philistines also 1 Samuel
29:2. The civil and military divisions were identical, and the civi...
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II. KING SAUL: HIS REIGN AND REJECTION
1. The King Demanded
CHAPTER 8:4-22
_ 1. The king demanded (1 Samuel 8:4)_
2. The rights of the king (1 Samuel 8:10)
The kingly government is now to be esta...
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1 SAMUEL 8. DEMAND FOR A KING. Opening section, continued 1 Samuel
10:17, of later account of Saul's appointment as king: either
Deuteronomic or late stratum of E. Probably 1 Samuel 10:17_ a_ (to
over...
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EAR. plough (Anglo-Saxon, _erian)._...
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The rights of a king
10. _unto the people_ Through their representatives the elders. Cp.
note on 1 Samuel 8:4....
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_Samuel Describes a King._ 1 Samuel 8:10-18
10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that
asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign...
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_AND HE WILL APPOINT HIM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER
FIFTIES; AND WILL SET THEM TO EAR HIS GROUND, AND TO REAP HIS HARVEST,
AND TO MAKE HIS INSTRUMENTS OF WAR, AND INSTRUMENTS OF HIS CH...
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THE PEOPLE DEMAND A KING
1. Judges] They would be subordinate to their father. When the son of
a Judge was influential and popular, he might easily succeed to his
father's position: cp. A bimelech in...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 8
A big change happened in the nation of *Israel. This chapter tells us
how it started. The nation of *Israel began with Abraham and Sarah and...
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TO EAR HIS GROUND. — To ear, that is, _to plough._ The word is an
old word (Anglo-Saxon _earian_)_,_ and connected with the Latin
_arare.
_...
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וְ לָ שׂ֣וּם לֹ֔ו שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְ
שָׂרֵ֣י חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים וְ לַ חֲרֹ֤שׁ
חֲרִישֹׁו֙ וְ...
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CHAPTER X.
_ THE PEOPLE DEMAND A KING._
1 Samuel 8:1.
WHATEVER impression the "Ebenezer" of Samuel may have produced at the
time, it passed away with the lapse of years. The feeling that, in
sympath...
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REJECTING THE PROPHET'S WARNING
1 Samuel 8:10
The people had entreated Samuel to cry unto God in their behalf; and
now we see him going to and fro between the people and God, as a true
mediator and i...
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This first Book of Samuel at this point merges into its second
division, which has to do with Saul. First we have the account of the
clamor of the people for a king and the divine answer thereto. The...
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_Centurions, or body-guards. (Menochius) --- These offices might be
honourable, but at the same time disagreeable, when people were forced
to accept of them, and to neglect their more pleasing agricul...
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(10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the
king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and ap...
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The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us
that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in
order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, AND 10.
But faith is not transmitted by succession. Samuel could not make
prophets of his sons. They were no better as judges than Eli's sons
had been a...
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AND HE WILL APPOINT HIM CAPTAINS OVER THOUSANDS, AND CAPTAINS OVER
FIFTIES,.... Which though posts of honour, yet when they are not
matter of choice, and especially being precarious, and depending on...
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_And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his...
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_He will appoint him_ Hebrew, _To_ or _for himself;_ for his own
fancy, or glory, and not only when the necessities of the kingdom
require it. _Captains over thousands, and captains over fifties_ Will...
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1 By occasion of the ill gouernment of Samuels sonnes, the Israelites
aske a King.
6 Samuel praying in griefe is comforted by God.
10 Hee telleth the manner of a King.
19 God willeth Samuel to yeel...
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THE DISADVANTAGES SET FORTH TO THE PEOPLE...
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However, old age often brings weariness with it. The time comes when
Samuel considers it necessary to have others as judges in the land,
and it was quite natural (not spiritual) that he should give th...
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10-22 If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings
ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy.
Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, ar...
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HE WILL APPOINT HIM, Heb. _to_ or _for himself_ emphatically, i.e. for
his own fancy, or glory, or conveniency, or evil design, and not only
when the necessities of the kingdom or commonwealth require...
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1 Samuel 8:12 appoint H7760 (H8800) captains H8269 thousands H505
captains H8269 fifties H2572 plow H2790 (H8800) ground H2758 reap
H7114 (H8800) harvest H7105 make H6213 (H8800) weapons H3627 war H44...
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YHWH'S RESPONSE TO THEIR CALL FOR A KING WAS TO WARN THEM WHAT HAVING
A KING MIGHT MEAN FOR THEM (1 SAMUEL 8:7).
It is typical of sinful human beings that they did not recognise that
having a king wo...
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CONTENTS: Israel demands a king; theocracy rejected.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, his sons, Joel, Abiajah.
CONCLUSION: When God's people will not accept His best for them, they
will get the best they ca...
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1 Samuel 8:3. _His sons walked not_ as their father, who always came
into court with clean hands. Seeking to aggrandize their families they
took bribes, and by consequence perverted judgment. The hist...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 8:1 Transition to the Monarchy. Chapter 1
Samuel 8:1 is a turning point in OT history, marking Israel’s
transition from judgeship to kingship. Until now the people had
depend...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 8:5. “MAKE US A KING TO JUDGE US LIKE ALL THE NATIONS.”
“This request resembles so completely the law of the king in
Deuteronomy 17:14, that the distinct allus...
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EXPOSITION
SAUL (CHS. 8-31).
THE great interest of the First Book of Samuel lies in the fact that
we have in it the orderly consolidation of two of the main factors in
the preparation for the manifes...
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Now it came to pass, when Samuel was old, he made his sons the judges
over Israel. And the name of his firstborn was Joel; the second was
Abiah: and they were judges in Beersheba. [Which is in the sou...
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1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 4:23; 1 Kings 4:27; 1 Kings
4:28; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Chronicles 32:28; 2 Chronicles 32:29...
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Will appoint — Heb. To, or for himself; for his own fancy, or glory,
and not only when the necessities of the kingdom require it. And
though this might seem to he no incumbrance, but an honour to the...