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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 THE TENTH OF YOUR SEED, AND OF YOUR VINEYARDS, AND
GIVE TO HIS OFFICERS, AND TO HIS SERVANTS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES....
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8:17 sheep. (b-8) Or also 'goats.'...
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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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AND YE SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS. — This statement generally includes
all that has gone before. In other words, “Ye elders and chiefs of
the people must make up your minds, in the event of electing a king...
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צֹאנְכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְ אַתֶּ֖ם
תִּֽהְיוּ ־לֹ֥ו לַ עֲבָדִֽים׃...
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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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CHAPTER VIII.
_ Servants, or slaves. The Hebrews enjoyed greater liberty than any of
the nations in the East, yet they are styled slaves, chap. xvii. 8.
They were nearly on the same footing as the an...
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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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HE WILL TAKE THE TENTH OF YOUR SHEEP,.... As well as of their seed and
vineyards; and not the tithe of their flocks only, but of their herds
also, which are here included, as Kimchi observes:
AND YE...
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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Ver. 17. _And ye shall be his servants._] His slaves to do his
drudgery, more like peasants of France than yeomen of Kent, as he
sa...
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_He will take your men-servants_ By constraint, and without sufficient
recompense. _Your goodliest young men_ The most beautiful and proper
person she can find; _and your asses, and put them to his wo...
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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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i.e. He shall use you like slaves, and deprive you of that liberty
which you now enjoy....
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1 Samuel 8:17 tenth H6237 (H8799) sheep H6629 servants H5650...
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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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His servants — That is, he will use you like slaves, and deprive you
of that liberty which now you enjoy....