CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 8:1. “WHEN SAMUEL WAS OLD.” Many expositors consider that
he was now about sixty years of age, others that he was not more than
fifty-four. It is plain that he lived for some time after this, and
continued to exercise his judgeship. “HE MADE HIS SONS JUDGES,”... [ Continue Reading ]
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 allusion to it is unmistakable.
The custom of expressly quoting the book of the law is met with for
the f... [ Continue Reading ]