သမ္မာ ၁ 8:5

Myanmar Judson Bible

5 ကိုယ်တော်သည် အသက်ကြီးပါ၏။ ကိုယ်တော်၏သားတို့သည် ကိုယ်တော်လမ်းသို့ မလိုက်ကြပါ။ လူမျိုးအပေါင်းတို့၏ ထုံးစံရှိသည်အတိုင်း အကျွန်ုပ်တို့ကို အုပ်စိုးရသော ရှင်ဘုရင်ကို ချီးမြှောက်ပါ လော့ဟု လျှောက်ကြ၏။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

now make: 1 Samuel 8:6-8, 1 Samuel 8:19, 1 Samuel 8:20, 1 Samuel 12:17, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, Hosea 13:10, Hosea 13:11, Acts 13:21

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:20 - If the men Judges 2:17 - they would Judges 8:22 - Rule thou 1 Samuel 9:20 - on whom 1 Samuel 12:2 - I am old 1 Samuel 12:12 - Nay 1 Samuel 12:13 - whom ye Proverbs 24:21 - meddle Ezekiel 20:32 - We will Micah 5:1 - judge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said unto him, behold, thou art old,.... See 1 Samuel 8:1, his age was no reproach to him, nor was it becoming them to upbraid him with it; nor was it a reason why he should be removed from his office, for it did not disqualify him for it; but rather, having gained by age experience, was more fit for it, though he might not be able to ride his circuits as formerly:

and thy sons walk not in thy ways; whom he had made judges; this is a better reason than the former for what is after requested; and had they only besought them to remove him from their places, and rested content with that, it would have been well enough; but what they were solicitous for, and always had an inclination to, and now thought a proper opportunity offered of obtaining it, was what follows:

now make us a king to judge us like all the nations; to rule over them as sole monarch; to go before them in battle as their genera], as well as to administer justice to them, by hearing and trying causes as their judge; which only they mention to cover their views, and make their motion more acceptable to Samuel; what they were desirous of was to have a king appearing in pomp and splendour, wearing a crown of gold, clothed in royal apparel, with a sceptre in his hand, dwelling in a stately palace, keeping a splendid court, and attended with a grand retinue, as the rest of the nations about them had had for a long time. The first kings we read of were in the times of Abraham, but after it became common for nations to have kings over them, and particularly the neighbours of Israel, as Edom, Moab, Ammon, c. and Cicero says x, all the ancient nations had their kings, to whom they were obedient: Israel had God for their King in a peculiar manner other nations had not, and stood in no need of any other and happy it would have been for them if they had been content therewith, and not sought after another: however, they were so modest, and paid such deference to Samuel, as to desire him to make or appoint one for them.

x De Legibus, l. 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 8:5. Make us a king — Hitherto, from the time in which they were a people, the Israelites were under a theocracy, they had no other king but GOD. NOW they desire to have a king like the other nations around them, who may be their general in battle; for this is the point at which they principally aim.