Introduction
Samuel, grown old, makes his sons judges in Beer-sheba, 1 Samuel 8:1 , 1 Samuel 8:2 . They pervert judgment; and the people complain, and desire a king, 1 Samuel 8:3-5 . Samuel is displeased, and inquires of the Lord, 1 Samuel 8:6 . The Lord is also displeased; but directs Samuel to appoint them a king, and to show them solemnly the consequences of their choice, 1 Samuel 8:7-9 . Samuel does so; and shows them what they may expect from an absolute monarch, and how afflicted they should be under his administration, 1 Samuel 8:10-18 . The people refuse to recede from their demand; and Samuel lays the matter before the Lord, and dismisses them, 1 Samuel 8:19-22 .
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