Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in a book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Ver. 25. Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom.] Not what it usually is, - degenerating into tyranny, as if it were not enough to be above men, but to be above mankind, 1Sa 8:9-10 - but what it ought to be, according to Deu 17:14-16 Ezekiel 45:9,10; Ezekiel 46:6 .
And wrote it in a book.] a That it might be as their Magna Charta, made to keep the beam right betwixt sovereignty and subjection.
a Hic liber periit cum multis aliis. - Vat.