"And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants."
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See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 12:4....
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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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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 TAKE YOUR FIELDS, AND YOUR VINEYARDS, AND YOUR
OLIVEYARDS, EVEN THE BEST OF THEM, AND GIVE THEM TO HIS SERVANTS._
He will take your fields ... The circumstances mentioned here might be
i...
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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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וְ אֶת ־שְׂ֠דֹֽותֵיכֶם וְ אֶת
־כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְ זֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַ
טֹּובִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְ נָתַ֖ן לַ...
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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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_Vineyards, as Achab did, though he first proposed to buy it._...
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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 TAKE YOUR FIELDS, AND YOUR VINEYARDS, AND YOUR
OLIVEYARDS,.... Which includes the whole increase of their land, their
corn, and wine, and oil; and it is these, the fruits of their fields,...
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
[even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his servants.
Ver. 14. _And he will take your fields, &c._] As if you were not
mas...
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_He will take your fields_ By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth.
_And give them to his servants_ He will not only take the fruits of
your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessio...
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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 TAKE YOUR FIELDS, to wit, by fraud or force, as Ahab did from
Naboth. AND GIVE THEM TO HIS SERVANTS: He will not only take the
fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your
pos...
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1 Samuel 8:14 take H3947 (H8799) best H2896 fields H7704 vineyards
H3754 groves H2132 give H5414 (H8804) servants H5650
1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:19; Ezekiel 46:18...
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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 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:7; Ezekiel 46:18...
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Your fields — By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth. His
servants — He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his
own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants....