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.
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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.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-22)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. But we do not find that it was ever till now publicly proposed and debated. Abimelech was little better than a titular king, though he is said to re…
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