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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....
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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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Reply of the people
19. _Nevertheless_ Simply AND....
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_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;...
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_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...
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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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וַ יְמָאֲנ֣וּ הָ עָ֔ם לִ שְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּ
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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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_Over us. The populace is generally inconstant, and fond of changes.
(Menochius)_...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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,...
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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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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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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...
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1 Samuel 8:19 people H5971 refused H3985 (H8762) obey H8085 (H8800)
voice H6963 Samuel H8050 said H559 ...
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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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_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...
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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 8:19 “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 ...
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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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Ezekiel 33:31; Jeremiah 44:16; Jeremiah 7:13; Psalms 81:11...