Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The manner of the kingdom - It is the same word as in I Samuel 8:9; and doubtless the same thing is implied as is there related. But possibly there was some kind of compact or covenant between them and Saul; and this was the thing that was written in a book, and laid up before the Lord, probably near the ark.
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