Verse 25
25. Manner of the kingdom This phrase is not identical with the manner of the king, described 1 Samuel 8:11-18, for that was a description of what oriental despots claimed as their right, while this was probably an expansion of the Mosaic law concerning a monarchy, as recorded Deuteronomy 17:14-20. Hence it appears that the kingdom of Israel was a constitutional, not an absolute monarchy. The king himself was to be governed and guided by law, and ever to understand that government itself was a divine ordinance, not a human invention.
Wrote it in a book According to the commandment, Deuteronomy 17:18: “He shall write him a copy of this law in a book,” etc.
Laid it up before the Lord Committed it to the charge of the priests, as Moses did the law. Deuteronomy 31:9; Deuteronomy 31:26. The ark and the tabernacle were at this time separate, and it is uncertain in which of them this book of Samuel was placed. Perhaps this disorganized state of the priesthood was a cause of the loss of many ancient books.
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