1 Samuel 8:6 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 8:6

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,

5 and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now ^amake us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

6 But the thing ^adispleased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel ^bprayed to the Lord.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for ^athey have not rejected you, but ^bthey have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.

9 Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and ^ashow them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”

10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him for a king.

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 8:6:

Give {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Judge {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judge {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Samuel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Samuel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Samuel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing 1 Samuel 8:6:

Saul {Easton's}
Theocracy {Easton's}

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