1: And it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel
Comments: 1 Samuel 8:1 Now
why did Samuel make his corrupt sons [1 Samuel 8:3] judges of Israel
when he knew their lack of character? Turns out that Samuel was the same kind
of father as Eli. Samuel was good man, but he followed Eli’s poor example of parental permissiveness.
2: Now the name of his firstborn was Joel and the name
of his second Abiah They were judges in Beer-sheba 3: And his sons walked not in his ways, but
turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4: [cause and effect] Then all
the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel unto Ramah
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
Comments: 1 Samuel 8:5 The elders were worldly and faithless.
They were a free people under the theocracy of the GOOD Lord. The lords/gods of
the nations surrounding them were not good. They required human sacrifice. YHWH
Elohim did not. HE was the creator of their nation Isaiah 43:1
and their king, but though they were promised great blessings, they wanted none
of it. They wanted to be like all the other people of their world and serve an
autocrat. Why didn’t they simply demand that Samuel depose his corrupt sons? …or
perhaps they had and Samuel had refused. Either way, it was a bad situation,
and the elders of Israel certainly had a better choice than to demand such a radical
change of government.
6: But the thing displeased Samuel when they
said Give us a king to judge us And Samuel prayed unto the LORD 7: And the LORD said unto Samuel Hearken unto
the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee for they have
not rejected thee but they 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 unto this day wherewith they have forsaken me and served other gods
so do they also unto thee 9: Now therefore hearken unto their voice
howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them and shew them the manner
of the king that shall reign over them
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10: And Samuel told
all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king 11: And he said This will be the manner of
the king that shall reign over you
·
He
will take your sons and appoint them for himself for his chariots and to be his
horsemen and some shall run before his chariots 12: And he will appoint him captains over
thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to ear his ground and to
reap his harvest and to make his instruments of war and instruments of his
chariots
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13: And he will take
your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers
·
14: And he will take
your fields and your vineyards and your olive yards even the best of them and
give them to his servants
·
15: And he will take
the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to
his servants
·
16: And he will take
your menservants and your maidservants and your goodliest young men and your
asses and put them to his work
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17: He will take the
tenth of your sheep and ye shall be his servants
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