Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Samuel 8:19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel, they would not be dissuaded from their intention; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us,
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel, they would not be dissuaded from their intention; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us,
Verse 1 Samuel 8:19. _THE PEOPLE REFUSED TO OBEY_] They _would_ have the _king_, his _manner_ and all, notwithstanding the solemn warning which they here receive....
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 estab...
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...
Reply of the people 19. _Nevertheless_ Simply AND....
_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;...
_NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE REFUSED TO OBEY THE VOICE OF SAMUEL; AND THEY SAID, NAY; BUT WE WILL HAVE A KING OVER US;_ Nevertheless the people refused. They sneered at Samuel's description as a bugbear...
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...
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...
THE PEOPLE REFUSED. — The warning words of the prophet-judge were evidently carefully considered and debated in a formal assembly, but the majority at least abided by the terms of their request....
וַ יְמָאֲנ֣וּ הָ עָ֔ם לִ שְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּ
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...
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...
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...
_Over us. The populace is generally inconstant, and fond of changes. (Menochius)_...
(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; and that our king may judge us, an...
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...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, THE PEOPLE REFUSED TO OBEY THE VOICE OF SAMUEL,.... The advice he gave not to think of a king, but be content with the government under which they were; but to this they would not hearke...
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; Ver. 19. _Nay; but we will have a king._] Why then you shall, saith God, for a mischi...
_Nevertheless the people refused to obey_ This description of kingly government, as then exercised in the East, did not deter them from persisting in their desires. But they still peremptorily demande...
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...
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...
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...
THEY SAID, NAY, i.e. these things shall never be, these are but vain suppositions to affright us from our purpose. Thus they are not ashamed to give Samuel the lie, of whose modesty, integrity, and pr...
1 Samuel 8:19 people H5971 refused H3985 (H8762) obey H8085 (H8800) voice H6963 Samuel H8050 said H559 ...
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 wou...
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...
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...
_And they said, Nay, but we will have a king over us._ A KING DESIRED If we were asked what is the prevailing feeling which the study of this history is calculated to produce, we should answer in on...
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. Unti
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 8:19 “We,” “us,” and “our” appear frequently in this short speech. The king’s functions are (1) to give influence and status LIKE ALL THE NATIONS; (2) to JUDGE US ...
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 allusi...
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...
Ezekiel 33:31; Jeremiah 44:16; Jeremiah 7:13; Psalms 81:11...