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1 Samuel 8:1 open_in_new
old. From 1 Samuel 28:3 he predeceased Saul by about two years. Consequently he acted for thirty-eight years after Saul's anointing (i.e. 1000-962 B.C.) When he anointed David he would be about eighty-six; and lived to about the age of Eli, ninety-eight years.
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1 Samuel 8:3 open_in_new
turned aside, &c.: i.e. stooped to extortion. took bribes: contrary to Deuteronomy 16:19.
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1 Samuel 8:5 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
make us. king. Compare Hosea 13:10; Hosea 13:11.Acts 13:20; Acts 13:21. Note the words "gave judges "and "desired. king". The Hebrew monarchy thus began with the choosing of Saul, and ended with the choosing of Caesar.
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1 Samuel 8:6 open_in_new
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; Deuteronomy 17:14-20.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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1 Samuel 8:11 open_in_new
This will be, &c. Fulfilled, 1Sa 14:62.
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1 Samuel 8:12 open_in_new
ear. plough (Anglo-Saxon, erian).
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1 Samuel 8:15 open_in_new
your vineyards. Compare 1 Kings 21:7.
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1 Samuel 8:16 open_in_new
young men. Septuagint reads "oxen".
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1 Samuel 8:18 open_in_new
hear. answer.
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1 Samuel 8:21 open_in_new
the ears. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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1 Samuel 8:22 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.