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Verse 1 Samuel 8:3. _HIS SONS WALKED NOT IN HIS WAYS_] Their iniquity
is pointed out in _three_ words:
1. _They turned aside after lucre_; the original (בצע _batsa_)
signifies to _cut, clip, break of...
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8. SAMUEL EXERCISING HIS OFFICE AND HIS FAILURE
Chapter S 7:15-8:3
_ 1. Samuel the Prophet-Judge (1 Samuel 7:15)_
2. His failure (1 Samuel 8:1)
Samuel's activity as the great prophet-judge is now s...
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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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TURNED ASIDE, &c.: i.e. stooped to extortion. took bribes: contrary to
Deuteronomy 16:19....
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_turned aside after Lucre_ From the _straight-forward_path of their
father's example. _Lucre_(from Lat. lucrum) is only used in the E. V.
in a bad sense of _ill-gotten gain_.
_took bribes and perverte...
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AND HIS SONS WALKED NOT IN HIS WAYS— Eli was punished for the
wickedness of his sons, but Samuel was not; because it does not appear
that the crimes of Samuel's sons were in any respect so flagrant as...
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The Installation of Israel's First King, 1 Samuel 8:1 to 1 Samuel
10:27.
_The people ask for a King._ 1 Samuel 8:1-5
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges
over Israel...
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_AND HIS SONS WALKED NOT IN HIS WAYS, BUT TURNED ASIDE AFTER LUCRE,
AND TOOK BRIBES, AND PERVERTED JUDGMENT._ HIS SONS WALKED NOT IN HIS
WAYS. The question may arise in the mind of a reader, Why Samue...
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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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TOOK BRIBES, AND PERVERTED JUDGMENT. — This sin, at all times a
fatally common one in the East, was especially denounced in the Law.
(See Exodus 23:6; Deuteronomy 16:19.) It is strange that the same i...
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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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Judgment. Samuel was not to blame, and hence he was not punished like
Heli. (Menochius) --- However, the misconduct of the children of these
two judges, in succession, (Haydock) gave occasion to the p...
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(2) Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his
second, Abiah: they were Judges in Beersheba. (3) And his sons walked
not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, an...
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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 HIS SONS WALKED NOT IN HIS WAYS,.... The meaning of which is not
that they did not go the circuit he did, which is too low a sense of
the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk in t...
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and
took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Ver. 3. _And his sons walked not in his ways._] _Heroum filii noxae._
Grace is by gift, not...
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_Took bribes_ Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption in
them which, till now, was hid from their father, and, it may be, from
themselves. It has often been the grief of holy men, that t...
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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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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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And his sons walked not in his ways, they did not follow the pious
example of their father, BUT TURNED ASIDE AFTER LUCRE, they were
covetous, avaricious, they desired money, AND TOOK BRIBES, AND
PERVE...
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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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1-3 It does not appear that Samuel's sons were so profane and vicious
as Eli's sons; but they were corrupt judges, they turned aside after
lucre. Samuel took no bribes, but his sons did, and then they...
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Opportunity and temptation drew forth and discovered the corruption in
them, which till now was hid from their father, and, it may be, from
themselves....
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1 Samuel 8:3 sons H1121 walk H1980 (H8804) ways H1870 aside H5186
(H8799) after H310 gain H1215 took...
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THE PEOPLE SEEK FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A KING OVER THEM (1 SAMUEL
8:1).
Outwardly the desire of the elders for a king appears reasonable, but
what they ignored was the fact that once there was a dynas...
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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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_And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons
judges over Israel._
PARENTAL TRIALS
The best sometimes meet with the bitterest disappointment, and their
grey hairs are brought down...
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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 8:3 TURNED ASIDE AFTER GAIN... TOOK BRIBES
AND PERVERTED JUSTICE. Such self-serving practices by leaders are
criticized repeatedly in the Bible....
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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...
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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 Kings 12:6; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Kings 21:1; 2 Sam
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Took bribes — Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption
in them which 'till now was hid from their father. It has often been
the grief of holy men, that their children did not tread in the...