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Verse 1 Samuel 8:9. _SHOW THEM THE MANNER OF THE KING_] The word
משפט _mishpat_, which we here render _manner_, signifies simply
what the king would and might require, according to the _manner_ in
whi...
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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 estab...
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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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_Now therefore hearken_ Or, AND NOW. There is no inference -because
they reject me and thee, _therefore_, &c.," but the command of 1
Samuel 8:7 is repeated. For the reasons why the request was granted...
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Jehovah's answer to the request
6. _the thing displeased Samuel_ 1 Samuel 8:7 implies that Samuel's
displeasure arose from a feeling of the ingratitude of the Israelites
toward himself in desiring tha...
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_The Lord instructs Samuel._ 1 Samuel 8:6-9
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unt...
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_ACCORDING TO ALL THE WORKS WHICH THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE DAY THAT I
BROUGHT THEM UP OUT OF EGYPT EVEN UNTO THIS DAY, WHEREWITH THEY HAVE
FORSAKEN ME, AND SERVED OTHER GODS, SO DO THEY ALSO UNTO THEE...
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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 עַתָּ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ קֹולָ֑ם אַ֗ךְ
כִּֽי
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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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SEEKING A KING LIKE OTHER NATIONS
1 Samuel 8:1
The sin that Samuel, as a lad, rebuked in Eli, reappeared in his own
family and undermined his influence. The names of Samuel's sons are
suggestive of h...
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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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Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet (e) protest
solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them.
(e) To prove if they will forsake their wicked pur...
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The right. That is, the manner ( mishpat) after which he shall
proceed, having no one to control him, when he has the power in his
hands. (Challoner) --- He intimates that the kings will frequently ac...
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(7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
...
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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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NOW THEREFORE HEARKEN UNTO THEIR VOICE,.... And appoint them a king as
they desire:
HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM; not against the thing itself,
which was permitted, but against the evil of...
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Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly
unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over
them.
Ver. 9. _Now therefore hearken._] See 1 Samuel 8:7 ....
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_So do they also unto thee_ Thou farest no worse than myself. This he
speaks for Samuel's comfort and vindication. _Yet protest solemnly
unto them_ That, if it be possible, thou mayest yet prevent the...
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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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Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice, he was to accede to their
demands; HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM AND SHOW THEM THE
MANNER OF THE KING THAT SHALL REIGN OVER THEM. Samuel was to expl...
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SAMUEL DISPLEASED AT THE INSISTENT DESIREV. 1. AND IT CAME TO PASS,
WHEN SAMUEL WAS OLD, THAT HE MADE HIS SONS JUDGES OVER ISRAEL, the
increasing infirmities of old age prompting him to take this step...
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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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HEARKEN:
Or, obey
HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM, AND SHOW THEM:
Or, notwithstanding, when thou has solemnly protested against them,
then thou shalt show, etc....
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4-9 Samuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on
himself, and his own family; but it displeased him when they said,
Give us a king to judge us, because that reflected upon God. It...
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PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM; that, if it be possible, thou mayst yet
prevent their sin and misery. THE MANNER OF THE KING, i.e. of the
kings which they desire, like the kings of other nations. He speak...
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1 Samuel 8:9 heed H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 However H389 solemnly
H5749 (H8687) forewarn H5749 (H8686) show...
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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 wou...
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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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_Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee._
PRAYER ANSWERED UNDER PROTEST
Prayer is certainly a most salutary exercise whenever one is agitated
beyond his strength. When th...
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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. Unti
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 8:9 The Lord told Samuel to SOLEMNLY WARN
the people about THE WAYS OF THE KING, since they so desperately
wanted their own king. Some of the things Samuel warned about were...
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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 allusi...
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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 Samuel 10:25; 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 2:13; 1 Samuel 8:11; E
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How could God condemn Israel’s request for a king when the rules for
selecting a king were given by God in Deuteronomy 17?
PROBLEM: The Scriptures testify to the fact that God had planned for
Israel t...