1 Samuel 8:1

1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Chronicles 19:5; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 16:19; Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14; Judges 5:10; Judges 8:22; Judges 8:23; Nehemiah 7:2

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 8:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This verse implies a long period, probably not less than 20 years, of which we have no account except what is contained in the brief notice in 1 S...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he (a) made his sons judges over Israel. (a) Because he was not able to bear the charge.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. 1000-96...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. When Samuel was old - Supposed to be about sixty. He made his so...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. When Samuel was old. He was now about 54 years of age, ha...
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

When Samuel was old. — We are not able with any precision to fix the dates of Samuel’s life. When the great disaster happened which resulted in the...
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

CONTENTS This Chapter contains rather the dark side of Israel from the former. Samuel growing old, and his sons not closely copying after the exampl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old ,.... The common notion of the Jews is, that he lived but fifty two years t; when a man is not usually call...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Ver. 1. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old. ] Sixty at l...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samuel was old And so unfit for his former travels and labours. He is not supposed to have been now above sixty years of age; but he had spent his...
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 Wickedness of Samuel's Sons. B. C. 1075....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 8 Samuel makes his sons judges over Israel; their names, and ill government, 1 Samuel 8:1-3 . The people ask a king: Samuel is...
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 8:1 . “When Samuel was old.” Many expositors consider that he was now about sixty years of age, others...
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 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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Old — And so unfit for his former travels and labours. He is not supposed to have been now above sixty years of age. But he had spent his strength...

¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 8:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 8:1