1 Samuel 8:9 | DiscipleDeck

Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 8:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

hearken unto: or, obey

howbeit: etc. or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them, then thou shalt shew, etc. Ezekiel 3:18

the manner: 1 Samuel 8:11-18, 1 Samuel 2:13, 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 14:52; Ezekiel 45:7-8, Ezekiel 46:18

The Daily Devotional

One devotional. Every morning.

The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.

We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.

Continue tomorrow

Turn Bible study into a daily habit

Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.

Read today's devotional Save my progress

More for 1 Samuel 8:9

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

1 Samuel 8 — Overview1 Samuel 8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThings went so very well with Israel, in the chapter before, under Samuel's administration, that, methinks, it is a pity to find him so quickly, as we do in this chapter, old, and going off, and things working…1 Samuel 8 — Overview1 Samuel 8 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Samuel 8:1, By occasion of the ill government of Samuel’s sons, the Israelites ask a king; 1 Samuel 8:6, Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God; 1 Samuel 8:10, He tells the manner of a king; 1 Samuel 8:19, God…1 Samuel 8 — Overview1 Samuel 8 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates, how that Samuel being old, and his sons behaving ill, the people desired to have a king set over them, 1Sa 8:1, which case Samuel laid before the Lord, and he was directed by him to yield to the…1 Samuel 8:1-221 Samuel 8:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION SAUL (CHS. 8-31). THE great interest of the First Book of Samuel lies in the fact that we have in it the orderly consolidation of two of the main factors in the preparation for the manifestation of our…1 Samuel 8:1-221 Samuel 8:1-22 · The Pulpit Commentary5. The means used for the conversion of the world. There is not a more common form of discontent than this. The Apostle Peter had to contend with it when he reminded his readers of the thousand years being with God as…1 Samuel 8:1-221 Samuel 8:1-22 · The Pulpit Commentary4. He prepares them thereby to receive as their ruler" a man after his own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14), who shall conduct them to power and honour, and foreshadow him who is higher than the kings of the earth. How…

commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.commentaryRecommended resourceExplore this resource connected to the verse you are reading.