1 Samuel 8:10
in 1 Samuel 8So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.
KJV
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD
on 1 Samuel 8:10-12
The catalogue opens with Israel's sons, set to the king's “chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots”, then made commanders. Deuteronomy 17:16 had forbidden the king to multiply horses for himself, and Samuel's first item is the thing the law had fenced off.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 1 · Written before 604.
proposed
9. When subjection is sought by carnal men, assuredly whatever is commanded them is burdensome, even if it is not difficult: because since they have it from the swelling of pride that they follow the judgment of their own will, whatever opposes their deliberation they consider most grievous. But indeed when harsh and contrary things are commanded, what a weight of burden is that! What swelling of heart! When they could scarcely bear even pleasant and light things unwillingly—things which, if they had been willing, they would have borne most easily.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto them,....
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he spoke | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | shemuel | Samuel | H8050 → | 141 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֕ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥ים | hashoalim | who were asking | H7592 → | 171 times |
| מֵאִתּ֖וֹ | meito | from with <the> him | H854 → | 929 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ׃ ס | melekh | a king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he spoke
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שְׁמוּאֵ֔לSamuel
shemuelH8050 →141 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֕םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥יםwho were asking
hashoalimH7592 →171 times
מֵאִתּ֖וֹfrom with <the> him
meitoH854 →929 times
מֶֽלֶךְ׃ סa king
melekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Samuel
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).