1 Samuel 8:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. ”

1 Samuel 8:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A repetition for the third time 1 Samuel 8:7 , 1 Samuel 8:9 of the expression of God’s will in the matter, marks Samuel’s great unwillingness to comply with the people’s request. Besides the nat...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14. man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
1 Samuel 8:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. Hearken unto their voice - Let them have what they...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hearken unto their voice. — And for the third time (see 1 Samuel 8:7 ; 1 Samuel 8:9 ) the voice of the Eternal, which Samuel the seer knew so well, used the same expression, bidding the reluctant...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said to Samuel ,.... an audible voice, or by an impulse upon his mind: hearken unto their voice, and make them a king ; since they will have a king, let them have one, and let them kn...
1 Samuel 8:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. Ver. 22. Go ye, &c., ] q.d., Your reques...
1 Samuel 8:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go ye every man unto his city Betake yourselves to your several homes and employments, till you hear more from me in this matter. Thus he bade them leave the business unto him, intimating, that he...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Betake yourselves to your several occasions, till you hear more from me in this matter; for God hath heard your words, and will give way to your irregular and obstinate desire; and accordingly I shal...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - 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 8:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. “Vox populi, vox Dei” Perhaps there is no proverb which is more familiar, as it is certain there is none more faulty, than this: “The voice of th...
1 Samuel 8:22 - 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 8:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Disadvantages Set Forth to the People
1 Samuel 8:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:7 ; Hosea 13:11
1 Samuel 8:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go — Betake yourselves to your several occasions, till you hear more from me in this matter.

1 Samuel 8:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 8:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 8:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes