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See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 12:4....
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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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YOUR VINEYARDS. Compare 1 Kings 21:7....
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_officers_ Or, CHAMBERLAINS....
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The rights of a king
10. _unto the people_ Through their representatives the elders. Cp.
note on 1 Samuel 8:4....
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_Samuel Describes a King._ 1 Samuel 8:10-18
10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that
asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign...
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_AND HE WILL TAKE THE TENTH OF YOUR SEED, AND OF YOUR VINEYARDS, AND
GIVE TO HIS OFFICERS, AND TO HIS SERVANTS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE
VERSES....
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8:15 chamberlains (a-18) Or 'eunuchs.'...
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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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OFFICERS] Heb. 'eunuchs.'
See on 1 Samuel 9:1. There are clearly two accounts of the institution
of the kingship. In 1 Samuel 8, the wish for a king is regarded as a
sign of disloyalty to the real Kin...
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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 זַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם וְ כַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם
יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְ נָ
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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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Tenth. God had already claimed one tithe, which he had abandoned to
his sacred ministers. We do not read that the kings of the Hebrews
ever claimed (Calmet) a second tithe precisely, (Haydock) though...
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(10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the
king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and ap...
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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 HE WILL TAKE THE TENTH OF YOUR SEED,.... When grown up and ripe,
as their wheat and barley:
AND OF YOUR VINEYARDS; the tenth of the grapes they should produce:
AND GIVE TO HIS OFFICERS, AND TO H...
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_And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants._
Ver. 15. _And he will take the tenth of your seed._] Violently, and
not by order of la...
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_He will take your fields_ By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth.
_And give them to his servants_ He will not only take the fruits of
your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessio...
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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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And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, the eunuchs of the Oriental courts, and to his
servants....
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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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OFFICERS:
_ Heb._ eunuchs...
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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 WILL TAKE THE TENTH: besides the several tenths which God hath
reserved for his service and servants, he will, when he pleaseth,
impose another tenth upon you. TO HIS OFFICERS, Heb. _to his eunuchs...
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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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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 8:14 THE BEST OF YOUR FIELDS AND VINEYARDS
AND OLIVE ORCHARDS. Rather than serving the people without seeking
self-enrichment (as Samuel did,...
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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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Daniel 1:18; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:7; Genesis 37:36; Isaiah 39:7...
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The tenth — Besides the several tenths which God hath reserved for
his service, he will, when he pleaseth, impose another tenth upon you.
Officers — Heb. To his eunuchs, which may imply a farther inju...