1 Samuel 8:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. ”

1 Samuel 8:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18 ; 1 Kings 12:4 .
1 Samuel 8:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not (g) hear you in that day. (g) Because you do not repent for your sins, but because you lon...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 10:17-19 a...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hear . answer.
1 Samuel 8:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel 8:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Ye shall cry out in that day because of your king. Samuel sho...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord will not hear you in that day. — After the separation of the north and the south, when King Solomon was dead, a large proportion of the northern sovereigns — or kings, as they were called,...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER X. THE PEOPLE DEMAND A KING. 1 Samuel 8:1-22 . WHATEVER impression the "Ebenezer" of Samuel may have produced at the time, it passed away with the lapse of years. The feeling that, in...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 media...
1 Samuel 8:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and a...
1 Samuel 8:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king ,.... His power and pride, his oppression and tyranny, his heavy exactions, and intolerable yoke, and yet not be able to free themselves from t...
1 Samuel 8:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Ver. 18. And ye shall cry out. ] As the Romans once did of Marius...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He will take your men-servants By constraint, and without sufficient recompense. Your goodliest young men The most beautiful and proper person she can find; and your asses, and put them to his w...
1 Samuel 8:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. B. C. 1075....
1 Samuel 8:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ye shall cry out in that day; ye shall bitterly mourn for the sad effects of this inordinate desire of a king. The Lord will not hear you in that day, because you will not hear him, nor obey his...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 disti...
1 Samuel 8:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 h...
1 Samuel 8:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 8:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Disadvantages Set Forth to the People
1 Samuel 8:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:15 ; Isaiah 8:21 ; Job 27:9 ; Luke 13:25 ; Micah 3:4 ; Proverbs 1:25-28 ; Proverbs 21:13 ; Psalms 18:41
1 Samuel 8:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cry out — Ye shall bitterly mourn for the sad effects of this inordinate desire of a king. Will not hear — Because you will not hear, nor obey his counsel in this day.

1 Samuel 8:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 8:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes