1 Samuel 8:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore hearkenb unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. ”

1 Samuel 8:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet (e) protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. (e) To prove if they will forsake their wicked pu...
1 Samuel 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. Show them the manner of the king - The word משפט mishp...
1 Samuel 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto...
1 Samuel 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them....
1 Samuel 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore hearken unto their voice ,.... And appoint them a king as they desire: howbeit, yet protest solemnly unto them ; not against the thing itself, which was permitted, but against the ev...
1 Samuel 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. Ver. 9. Now therefore hearken. ] See 1 Samuel 8:7...
1 Samuel 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So do they also unto thee Thou farest no worse than myself. This he speaks for Samuel's comfort and vindication. Yet protest solemnly unto them That, if it be possible, thou mayest yet prevent th...
1 Samuel 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Protest solemnly unto them; that, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner of the king, i.e. of the kings which they desire, like the kings of other nations. He...
1 Samuel 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee. Prayer answered under protest Prayer is certainly a most salutary exercise whenever one is agitated beyond his strength. Whe...
1 Samuel 8:9 - 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 8:9 - 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 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:25 ; 1 Samuel 14:52 ; 1 Samuel 2:13 ; 1 Samuel 8:11-18 ; Ezekiel 3:18 ; Ezekiel 45:7 ; Ezekiel 45:8 ; Ezekiel 46:18
1 Samuel 8:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye protest — That, if it be possible, thou mayst yet prevent their sin and misery. The manner — That is, of the kings which they desire like the kings of other nations.

1 Samuel 8:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 8:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 8:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 8:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 8:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 8:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes