1And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. …
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; …
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. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here, I. Samuel gives them a short account of the late revolution, and of the present posture of their government, by way of preface to what he had further to say to them, 1 Sam. 12:1 , 2 . 1. For his own part, he had spent his days in their service; he began betimes to be useful among them, and had continued long so: “ I have walked before you , as a guide to direct you, as a shepherd that leads…
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