Now, the name of his first-born was Joel (Jehovah is God), and the name of his second, Abiah (Jehovah is Father); they were judges in Beersheba, in the extreme southern part of Canaan, important in those days as a station on the trade-route between Asia and Egypt. The very names which Samuel gave his sons are an evidence of his piety even in the days of Israel's misery and disgrace.
The mention of Beer-sheba, on the extreme southern frontier of Judah, as the place where Samuel’s sons judged Israel is remarkable. It was probably due to the recovery of territory from the usurpation...
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...
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...
_Now the name_, &c. Joel = "Jehovah is God:" Abiah = "Jah is my father:" names significant of a protest against the prevalent idolatry. The text of 1 Chronicles 6:28, where the names are given as "the...
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...
_NOW THE NAME OF HIS FIRSTBORN WAS JOEL; AND THE NAME OF HIS SECOND, ABIAH: THEY WERE JUDGES IN BEERSHEBA._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
וַ יְהִ֞י שֶׁם ־בְּנֹ֤ו הַ בְּכֹור֙ יֹואֵ֔ל
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...
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...
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...
Now the name of his firstborn was (b) Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. (b) Who was also called Vashni, (1 Chronicles 6:28)....
_In, or "as far as" Bersabee, from Dan, that is, throughout Palestine. (Calmet)_...
(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...
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...
NOW THE NAME OF HIS FIRSTBORN WAS JOEL,.... In 1 Chronicles 6:28 he is called Vashni; 1 Chronicles 6:28. This was not Joel the prophet, as some have thought, neither his parentage, nor his office, nor...
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. Ver. 2. _Now the name of his firstborn was Joel._] Which some _a_ will have to be Joel the...
_They were judges in Beer-sheba_ In the southern borders of the land of Canaan, which were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in the neighbouring places, Samuel himself still executed the...
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...
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...
In the southern border of the land of Canaan, where he placed his sons, because these parts were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in the neighbouring places, Samuel himself still execut...
1 Samuel 8:2 name H8034 firstborn H1121 H1060 Joel H3100 name H8034 second H4932 Abijah H29 judges H8199 ...
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...
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...
_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...
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 8:2 BEERSHEBA was the extreme south of Israel in traditional descriptions (see 1 Samuel 3:20)....
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:38...
Beer — sheba — In the southern border of the land of Canaan, which were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in the neighbouring places Samuel himself still executing the office of judge....