1 Samuel 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. ”

1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

turned aside, &c.: i.e. stooped to extortion. took bribes: contrary to Deuteronomy 16:19 .
1 Samuel 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. His sons walked not in his ways - Their iniquity is pointed out in three words: 1. They tu...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways— Eli was punished for the wickedness of his sons, but Samuel was not; because it does not appear that the crimes of Samuel's sons were in any respect so flagrant...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. His sons walked not in his ways. The question may arise in the mind of a reader, Why...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Took bribes, and perverted judgment. — This sin, at all times a fatally common one in the East, was especially denounced in the Law. (See Exodus 23:6-8 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 .) It is strange that t...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Seeking a King like Other Nations 1 Samuel 8:1-9 The sin that Samuel, as a lad, rebuked in Eli, reappeared in his own family and undermined his influence. The names of Samuel's sons are suggest...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were Judges in Beersheba. (3) And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, a...
1 Samuel 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways ,.... The meaning of which is not that they did not go the circuit he did, which is too low a sense of the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk i...
1 Samuel 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Ver. 3. And his sons walked not in his ways. ] Heroum filii noxae. Grace is by gift, n...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Took bribes Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption in them which, till now, was hid from their father, and, it may be, from themselves. It has often been the grief of holy men, that...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wickedness of Samuel's Sons. B. C. 1075. 1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old,...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Opportunity and temptation drew forth and discovered the corruption in them, which till now was hid from their father, and, it may be, from themselves.
1 Samuel 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Seek For The Appointment of a King Over Them ( 1 Samuel 8:1-6 ). Outwardly the desire of the elders for a king appears reasonable, but what they ignored was the fact that once there was...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 8:1 . “When Samuel was old.” Many expositors consider that he was now about sixty years of age, others that he was not more than fifty-four. It is plain...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Parental trials The best sometimes meet with the bitterest disappointment, and their grey hairs are brought d...
1 Samuel 8:3 - 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 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samuel Displeased at the Insistent DesiRev. 1. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel, the increasing infirmities of old age prompting him to take this...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:6-11 ; 1 Timothy 3:3 ; 1 Timothy 6:10 ; 2 Kings 21:1-3 ; 2 Samuel 15:4 ; Deuteronomy 16:19 ; Ecclesiastes 2:19 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Isaiah 33:15 ; Jeremiah 22:15-17 ; Psalms 15:5 ;...
1 Samuel 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Took bribes — Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption in them which 'till now was hid from their father. It has often been the grief of holy men, that their children did not tread in...

1 Samuel 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes