1 Samuel 8:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. ”

1 Samuel 8:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fight our battles - It appears from 1 Samuel 12:12 , that the warlike movements of Nahash had already begun to excite alarm.
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. May judge us - This appears to be a rejection of Samuel. Go out before us - Be...
1 Samuel 8:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That we may be like all other nations— What unaccountable blindness was it in the Israelites, not to perceive that their happiness principally consisted in their not being like other nations, but u...
1 Samuel 8:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. That we also may be like all the nations. The first part of this energet...
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like all the nations. — There is something strangely painful in these terms with which the elders urged their request — the wish “to be like other nations” seems to have been very strong with them....
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - 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 8:20 - 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 8:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; (20) That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, a...
1 Samuel 8:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That we also may be like all the nations ,.... Even though they were slaves, like them; a king they would have, as they had, such was their stupidity. It was their greatest honour and glory, as well...
1 Samuel 8:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. Ver. 20. That we also may. ] So ambitious they were of losing their liberty,...
1 Samuel 8:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nevertheless the people refused to obey This description of kingly government, as then exercised in the East, did not deter them from persisting in their desires. But they still peremptorily demand...
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - 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 8:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That we also may be like all the nations: woeful stupidity! whereas it was their glory and happiness that they were unlike all other nations, Numbers 23:9 Deuteronomy 33:28 , as in other glori...
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - 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 8:20 - 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 8:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they said, Nay, but we will have a king over us. A king desired If we were asked what is the prevailing feeling which the study of this history is calculated to produce, we should answer in...
1 Samuel 8:20 - 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 8:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Disadvantages Set Forth to the People
1 Samuel 8:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 8:5 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Exodus 33:16 ; John 15:19 ; Leviticus 20:24-26 ; Numbers 23:9 ; Philippians 3:20 ; Psalms 106:35 ; Romans 12:12
1 Samuel 8:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Be like — What stupidity! It was their happiness that they were unlike all other nations, Numbers 23:9 ; Deuteronomy 33:28 , as in other glorious privileges, so especially in this, that the Lord...

1 Samuel 8:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 8:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes