1 Samuel 8

1Sa 8:5

NOW APPOINT A KING...: Cp Exo 32:1: "Come, make us gods." God had previously made provision for just such an eventuality: Deu 17:14,15.

TO LEAD US: They were also afraid of Nahash of Ammon (1Sa 12:12).

1Sa 8:7

Cp vv 9,22: Samuel has to be encouraged, several times, to give Israel a human king -- he knows it is not right!

1Sa 8:9

Cp v 7n.

1Sa 8:22

Cp v 7n.