Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Samuel 8:15
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.
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.
See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 12:4....
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...
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...
YOUR VINEYARDS. Compare 1 Kings 21:7....
The rights of a king 10. _unto the people_ Through their representatives the elders. Cp. note on 1 Samuel 8:4....
_officers_ Or, CHAMBERLAINS....
_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...
_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....
8:15 chamberlains (a-18) Or 'eunuchs.'...
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...
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...
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...
וְ זַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם וְ כַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְ נָ
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
OFFICERS: _ Heb._ eunuchs...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 8:15 tenth H6237 (H8799) grain H2233 vintage H3754 give H5414 (H8804) officers H5631 servants H5650...
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...
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...
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...
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
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Daniel 1:18; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:7; Genesis 37:36; Isaiah 39:7...
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...