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Verse 1 Samuel 8:21. _REHEARSED THEM IN THE EARS OF THE LORD._] He
went to the altar, and in his secret devotion laid the whole business
before God....
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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 EARS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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Reply of the people
19. _Nevertheless_ Simply AND....
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_The People Persist._ 1 Samuel 8:19-22
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and
they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations...
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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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IN THE EARS OF THE LORD. — Again the seer returns from the council
chamber, where he had met the elders of the people, to some quiet
spot, probably the sanctuary he had set up in his own “Ramah of the...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֣ע שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל
־דִּבְרֵ֣י הָ עָ֑ם וַֽ יְדַבְּרֵ֖ם
בְּ אָזְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פ...
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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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(21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of the LORD. (22) And the LORD said to Samuel,
Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto...
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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 SAMUEL HEARD ALL THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE,.... Patiently, and
without interruption; attentively heard them, took notice of them,
laid them up in his memory; but gave no answer to them, but reported...
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in
the ears of the LORD.
Ver. 21. _In the ears of the Lord._] Whereof he had the royalty, as a
favourite....
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_He rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord_ He repeated them privately
between God and himself, for his own vindication and comfort, and as a
foundation for his prayers to God for direction and assist...
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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 repeated them privately between God and himself; partly for his own
vindication and comfort; and partly as a foundation for his prayers to
God, for direction and assistance in this difficult case....
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1 Samuel 8:21 Samuel H8050 heard H8085 (H8799) words H1697 people
H5971 repeated H1696 (H8762) hearing H241 LORD H3068
he rehearsed - Judges 11:11...
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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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Judges 11:11...
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Rehearsed — He repeated them privately between God and himself; for
his own vindication and comfort: and as a foundation for his prayers
to God, for direction and assistance....