1 Samuel 8:11-18
This will 1Sam 10:25; Deut 17:14-20 He will take 1Sam 14:52; 1Kgs 9:22-23, 1Kgs 10:26, 1Kgs 12:4, 1Kgs 12:10; 2Chr 26:10-15 run 2Sam 15:1; 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 18:46 appoint 1Chr 27:1-22 and will set 1Kgs 4:7, 1Kgs 4:22-23, 1Kgs 4:27-28; 2Chr 32:28-29 1Sam 22:7; 1Kgs 21:7, 1Kgs 21:19; Ezek 46:18 officers Heb. eunuchs, Gen 37:36; Isa 39:7; Dan 1:3, Dan 1:7-10, Dan 1:18 cry out Isa 8:21 and the Lord "Hitherto," says Puffendorf, "the people of Israel had lived under governors raised up by God, who had exacted no tribute of them, nor put them to any charge; but little content with this form of government, they desire to have a king like other nations, who should live in magnificence and pomp, keep armies, and be able to resist any invasion. Samuel informs them what it was they desired; that, when they understood it, they might consider whether they would persist in their choice. If they would have a king splendidly attended, he tells them that he would take their sons for his chariots, etc.. If they would have him keep up constant forces, then he would appoint them for colonels and captains, and employ those in his wars who were accustomed to follow their family business; and since, after the manner of other kings, he must keep a stately court, they must be content that their daughters should serve in several offices, which the king would think below the dignity of his wives and daughters (1Sam 8:13). In one word, that, to sustain his dignity, their king would exact the tenth of all they possessed, and be maintained in a royal manner out of their estates." will not hear Job 27:9; Ps 18:41; Prov 1:25-28, Prov 21:13; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4; Luke 13:25
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