Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 8:9
Ye protest — That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner — That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.
Ye protest — That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner — That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.
Verse 1 Samuel 8:9. _SHOW THEM THE MANNER OF THE KING_] The word משפט _mishpat_, which we here render _manner_, signifies simply what the king would and might require, according to the _manner_ in whi...
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...
_Now therefore hearken_ Or, AND NOW. There is no inference -because they reject me and thee, _therefore_, &c.," but the command of 1 Samuel 8:7 is repeated. For the reasons why the request was granted...
Jehovah's answer to the request 6. _the thing displeased Samuel_ 1 Samuel 8:7 implies that Samuel's displeasure arose from a feeling of the ingratitude of the Israelites toward himself in desiring tha...
_The Lord instructs Samuel._ 1 Samuel 8:6-9 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unt...
_ACCORDING TO ALL THE WORKS WHICH THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT THEM UP OUT OF EGYPT EVEN UNTO THIS DAY, WHEREWITH THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME, AND SERVED OTHER GODS, SO DO THEY ALSO UNTO THEE...
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 עַתָּ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ קֹולָ֑ם אַ֗ךְ כִּֽי
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 therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet (e) protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. (e) To prove if they will forsake their wicked pur...
The right. That is, the manner ( mishpat) after which he shall proceed, having no one to control him, when he has the power in his hands. (Challoner) --- He intimates that the kings will frequently ac...
(7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. ...
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 THEREFORE HEARKEN UNTO THEIR VOICE,.... And appoint them a king as they desire: HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM; not against the thing itself, which was permitted, but against the evil of...
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. Ver. 9. _Now therefore hearken._] See 1 Samuel 8:7 ....
_So do they also unto thee_ Thou farest no worse than myself. This he speaks for Samuel's comfort and vindication. _Yet protest solemnly unto them_ That, if it be possible, thou mayest yet prevent 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...
Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice, he was to accede to their demands; HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM AND SHOW THEM THE MANNER OF THE KING THAT SHALL REIGN OVER THEM. Samuel was to expl...
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...
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...
HEARKEN: Or, obey HOWBEIT, YET PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM, AND SHOW THEM: Or, notwithstanding, when thou has solemnly protested against them, then thou shalt show, etc....
4-9 Samuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on himself, and his own family; but it displeased him when they said, Give us a king to judge us, because that reflected upon God. It...
PROTEST SOLEMNLY UNTO THEM; that, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. THE MANNER OF THE KING, i.e. of the kings which they desire, like the kings of other nations. He speak...
1 Samuel 8:9 heed H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 However H389 solemnly H5749 (H8687) forewarn H5749 (H8686) show...
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...
_Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee._ PRAYER ANSWERED UNDER PROTEST Prayer is certainly a most salutary exercise whenever one is agitated beyond his strength. When th...
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 8:9 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...
1 Samuel 10:25; 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 2:13; 1 Samuel 8:11; E
How could God condemn Israel’s request for a king when the rules for selecting a king were given by God in Deuteronomy 17? PROBLEM: The Scriptures testify to the fact that God had planned for Israel t...