1 Samuel 8:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 8:21 - 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 8:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the ears . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
1 Samuel 8:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. Rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord - He went to the altar, and in his secret devotion laid the whole b...
1 Samuel 8:21 - 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 8:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the ears of the Lord. — Again the seer returns from the council chamber, where he had met the elders of the people, to some quiet spot, probably the sanctuary he had set up in his own “Ramah of...
1 Samuel 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. (22) And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unt...
1 Samuel 8:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel heard all the words of the people ,.... Patiently, and without interruption; attentively heard them, took notice of them, laid them up in his memory; but gave no answer to them, but repor...
1 Samuel 8:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. Ver. 21. In the ears of the Lord. ] Whereof he had the royalty, as a favourite.
1 Samuel 8:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord He repeated them privately between God and himself, for his own vindication and comfort, and as a foundation for his prayers to God for direction and assis...
1 Samuel 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He repeated them privately between God and himself; partly for his own vindication and comfort; and partly as a foundation for his prayers to God, for direction and assistance in this difficult case....
1 Samuel 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - 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 8:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Disadvantages Set Forth to the People
1 Samuel 8:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 11:11
1 Samuel 8:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Rehearsed — He repeated them privately between God and himself; for his own vindication and comfort: and as a foundation for his prayers to God, for direction and assistance.

1 Samuel 8:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 8:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes