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1 Samuel 8:18 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.1 Samuel 8:18 · King James Version
1 Samuel 8:18 in context
16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- hearʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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We have here the starting of a matter perfectly new and surprising, which was the setting up of kingly government in Israel. Perhaps the thing had been often talked of among them by those that were given to change and affected that which looked great.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-22