1 Samuel 8:13 NIV

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 8:1-22

SECOND PART. SAUL1 Samuel 8-31________________FIRST DIVISIONEstablishment By Samuel Of The Israelitish Kingdom Under The Rule Of Saul. 1 Samuel 8-12______________FIRST SECTIONThe Preparations. Chapters 8–9I. The Persistent Desire of the People after a King conveyed through their Elders to Samuel1 Samuel 8:1-221And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over 2Israel. Now [And] the name of his first-born was Joel , 1 and the name of his [the] 3second Abiah2; they were... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Samuel 8:4-20

1 Samuel ‘MAKE US A KING’ 1Sa_8:4 - 1Sa_8:20 . The office of judge was as little capable of transmission from father to son as that of prophet, so that Samuel’s appointment of his sons as judges must be regarded as contrary to its true idea. It was God who made the judges, and the introduction, in however slight a degree, of the hereditary principle, was not only politically a blunder, but religiously wrong. Our narrative, like Scripture generally, pronounces no opinion on the facts it... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:10-22

Rejecting the Prophet’s Warning 1 Samuel 8:10-22 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 intercessor. “He told all the words of the Lord unto the people,” 1 Samuel 8:10 ; and, “He rehearsed all the words of the people in the ears of the Lord,” 1 Samuel 8:21 . See also 1 Samuel 8:22 . Samuel is fitly described in the Psalter as one who called upon God’s name, Psalms 99:6 . How much... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 8:1-22

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 occasion for the request on their part was that of the maladministration of the sons of Samuel, and their sinful practices. The real principle underlying their request was their desire to be, as they said, "like all the nations." This is the revelation of the supreme wrong. They had been chosen... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 8:7-22

YHWH’s Response To Their Call For A King Was To Warn Them What Having A King Might Mean For Them (1 Samuel 8:7-22 ). It is typical of sinful human beings that they did not recognise that having a king would involve a similar experience to the one that they had already experienced. Their very problems in the past had resulted from failing successors who had followed on after successful leaders. And they should have recognised that with kings that would happen constantly. But they were near... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 8:1-22

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-Psalms : a (to “ over us” ) in the Deuteronomic document stood in the place of 1 Samuel 8:10, giving the following sequence of events: appeal of the elders, convocation of assembly (as in 1 Samuel 7:5), Saul’ s election, etc. Also, in 1 Samuel 8:22; “ Go ye every man unto his city,” is, like 1 Samuel 8:10,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 8:13

Which would be more grievous to their parents, and more dangerous to themselves, because of the tenderness of that sex, and liableness to many injuries. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:4-22

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 allusion to it is unmistakable. The custom of expressly quoting the book of the law is met with for the first time in the books of the captivity. The elders simply desired what Jehovah had foretold through His servant Moses, as a thing that would take place in the future and for which He had made... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:1-15

Chapter 8Now 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 south.] But his sons did not walk in his ways, but they turned aside after lucre, they took bribes, and perverted judgment ( 1 Samuel 8:1-3 ).So here's an unfortunate thing. A godly man Samuel, and yet his sons were crooked. These guys were taking bribes, they had coveted after money, they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 8:1-22

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 history of all nations abounds with complaints of the same sin. 1 Samuel 8:5 . Make us a king. Moses had foreseen all this, Deuteronomy 17:14, and therefore provided that the king should govern by law. Primitive governments commenced with a patriarch, surrounded with elders, without whom he... read more