1 Samuel 8:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the thing displeaseda Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin which implies that the thing spoken of caused anger, indignation, or some revulsion of feeling (see Genesis 21:11-12 ). The answer of the Lord 1 Samuel 8:7 shows that Samuel’s per...
1 Samuel 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the thing (d) displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. (d) Because they were not content with the order that God had appointed, but would b...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

displeased . was evil in the eyes of: i.e. evil, in not waiting for God's time and for God's king, as promised. Genesis 17:6 ; Genesis 17:16 ; Genesis 35:11 ; Genesis 49:10 ; Numbers 24:17 ; D...
1 Samuel 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. The thing displeased Samuel - Because he saw that this amounted to a formal renunciation...
1 Samuel 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. The thing displeased Samuel. Personal and family feelings might affect his views...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The thing displeased Samuel. — It is clear that it was perfectly justifiable in the elders of the people to come to the resolution contained in their petition to Samuel. The Deuteronomy directions...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. I beg the Reader to remark with me, the resource of Samuel in prayer. Here, Reader,...
1 Samuel 8:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WANTED—A KING! ‘Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel unto Ramah, and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; now make us a k...
1 Samuel 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the thing displeased Samuel ,.... Not that they called him an old man, and suggested that he was incapacitated for his office, nor for observing the unbecoming walk of his sons, but for what fol...
1 Samuel 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. Ver. 6. But the thing displeased Samuel. ] Chiefly because he knew it was displeasing...
1 Samuel 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thing displeased Samuel Because God was hereby dishonoured, through that distrust of him, and that ambition, and itch after changes, which were the manifest causes of this desire; and because o...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The thing displeased Samuel; not their complaint of his sons, but their desire of a king, as is apparent from the following words, and from the whole course of the story; which was so grievous to him...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:4-8 The Book of Kings is also the Book of Samuel, not merely because the individual man was the last of the judges and poured the anointing oil upon the first two of the kings, but beca...
1 Samuel 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:17 ; 1 Samuel 15:11 ; Exodus 32:21 ; Exodus 32:32 ; Ezra 9:3-5 ; James 1:5 ; Luke 6:11 ; Luke 6:12 ; Numbers 16:15 ; Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 16:46 ; Philippians 4:6 ; Psalms...
1 Samuel 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Displeased — Because God was hereby dishonoured by that distrust of him, and that ambition, and itch after changes, which were the manifest causes of this desire; and because of that great misery,...

1 Samuel 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 8:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes