1 Samuel 8:6

Contextual Overview

⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; ⁴ Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah: ⁴ So all the elders came together and met Samuel at Ramah. ⁴ So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah, ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; ⁴Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah ⁴ Therfor alle the grettere men in birthe of Israel weren gaderid, and camen to Samuel in to Ramatha.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of, 1 Samuel 12:17

prayed: 1 Samuel 15:11, Exodus 32:21, Exodus 32:32, Numbers 16:15, Numbers 16:22, Numbers 16:46, Ezra 9:3-5, Psalms 109:4, Luke 6:11, Luke 6:12, Philippians 4:6, James 1:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:8 - pleased not Exodus 17:2 - Give us Exodus 18:23 - God Exodus 21:8 - please not Judges 8:23 - the Lord 1 Samuel 8:5 - now make 1 Samuel 12:12 - Nay 1 Kings 21:2 - seem good to thee Hosea 13:10 - thy judges Micah 5:1 - judge

Cross-References

Genesis 6:16
Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.

Genesis 6:16
You shall make a light to the ark, and to a cubit you shall finish it upward; and the door of the ark you shall set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories you shall make it.

Genesis 6:16
Make an opening around the top of the boat that is eighteen inches high from the edge of the roof down. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make an upper, middle, and lower deck in it.

Genesis 6:16
Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Genesis 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

Genesis 6:16
You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.

Genesis 6:16
Thou schalt make a wyndow in the schip, and thou schalt ende the hiynesse therof in a cubite; sotheli thou schalt sette the dore of the schip in the side binethe; thou shalt make soleris and placis of thre chaumbris in the schip.

Genesis 6:16
a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third [stories] dost thou make it.

Genesis 6:16
You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the thing displeased Samuel,.... Not that they called him an old man, and suggested that he was incapacitated for his office, nor for observing the unbecoming walk of his sons, but for what follows:

when they said, give us a king to judge us; what displeased him was, that they were for changing their form of government, not only to remove it from him, and his sons, but from the Lord himself, who was king over them; the ill consequences of which, many of them at least, he easily foresaw, and which gave him great uneasiness, both on account of the glory of God, and their own good; insomuch, as Josephus y says, he could neither eat nor sleep, but watched all night, and spent it in prayer, as follows:

and Samuel prayed unto the Lord; to know his mind and will, and what answer he should return unto them.

y Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 3.) sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the margin which implies that the thing spoken of caused anger, indignation, or some revulsion of feeling (see Genesis 21:11-12). The answer of the Lord 1 Samuel 8:7 shows that Samuel’s personal feelings had been hurt. They were soothed by being reminded of the continued ingratitude of the people to God Himself, upon whom, in fact, a greater slight was put by this very request for a king “like all the nations,” than upon Samuel (compare Matthew 10:24; John 15:18, John 15:20). For a comment on this transaction, see Hosea 13:9-11; Acts 13:21-22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 8:6. The thing displeased Samuel — Because he saw that this amounted to a formal renunciation of the Divine government.

Samuel prayed unto the Lord — He begged to know his mind in this important business.