1 Samuel 8:22 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 8:22

“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”

BSB

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ASV

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

KJV

And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Hearken unto their voice - Let them have what they desire, and let them abide the consequences. Go ye every man unto his city - It seems the elders of the people had tarried all this time with Samuel, and when he had received his ultimate answer from God, he told them of it and dismissed them. On this account we may observe: 1. That God did not change the government of Israel; it was the people themselves who changed it. 2. That though God permitted them to have a king, yet he did not approve of him.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Could they desire a battle better fought for them than the last was, by Samuel's prayers and God's thunders? Were they fond to try the chance of war, at the same uncertainty that others did? Their first king was slain in battle: and so was Joshua, one of the last and best.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שְׁמוּאֵל֙	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
שְׁמַ֣ע	she.Ma'	listen	H8085 →
בְּקוֹלָ֔ם	be.ko.Lam	to voice their	H6963 →
וְהִמְלַכְתָּ֥	ve.him.lakh.Ta	and you will make king	H4427 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
מֶ֑לֶךְ	Me.lekh	a king	H4428 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵל֙	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַנְשֵׁ֣י	'an.Shei	[the] people of	H582 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְכ֖וּ	le.Khu	go	H1980 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	each man	H376 →
לְעִירֽוֹ׃ פ	le.'i.Ro	to own city his	H5892 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Samuel 8:7
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:19
  But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 10:16
  Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
- Luke 19:27
  And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- Exodus 16:8
  And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings…
- Luke 19:14
  But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Through
Hosea 13:11
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:2
  A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
- 1 Samuel 16:1
  Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
- 1 Samuel 8:7–9
  And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as…

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel