1 Samuel 8:4

The elders; either for age, or dignity and power.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 8:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto (c) Ramah, (c) For there his house was, ( 1 Samuel 7:17 ).
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves...
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 easil...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the elders of Israel. — We have here a clear trace of a popular assembly which seems in all times to have existed in Israel. Such a body appear...
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 a...
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...
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 pe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, (5) And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and th...
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,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together ,.... At some place of rendezvous appointed; these were the heads of the tribes, and fath...
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 q...
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....
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...
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...
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 anoin...
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 br...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Make us a king to judge us like all the nations. Making a king As a matter of public notoriety, Samuel’s sons were not like Samuel himself in t...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel unto Ramah, as a delegation representing the whole people,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:3 ; Exodus 24:1 ; Exodus 3:16

⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 8:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 8:4