1 Samuel 8:19 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 8:19

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

KJV

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ASV

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

WEB

Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

YLT

And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us,

DBT

And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

About this book

Old Testament

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Jeremiah 44:16
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.
1 Samuel 8:5
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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14, 15 ), and perhaps they had some intimation that the time was at hand; but they are all in haste: "We, in our day, will have this king over us." Could they but have waited ten or twelve years longer they would have had David, a king of God's giving in mercy, and all the calamities that attended the setting up of Saul would have been prevented.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel--They sneered at Samuel's description as a bugbear to frighten them. Determined, at all hazards, to gain their object, they insisted on being made like all the other nations, though it was their glory and happiness to be unlike other nations in having the Lord for their King and Lawgiver (Nu 23:9;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1SA 8:19ISA 66:4 ISA 65:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 8:19EZE 33:31 MAT 13:22
1SA 8:19EZE 33:31 PSA 78:36-37
1SA 8:19EZE 33:31 JAS 1:22-24
1SA 8:19EZE 33:31 ISA 29:13
1SA 8:19EZE 33:31 LUK 11:28
1SA 8:19JER 7:13 PRO 1:24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 8:19PSA 81:11 JER 7:23-24

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