1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king,.... His power and pride, his oppression and tyranny, his heavy exactions, and intolerable yoke, and yet not be able to free themselves from…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
because of your king Or, " from your king," appealing to God to escape from his tyranny.
will not hear you Rather, will not answer you. The Sept adds "because ye have chosen yourselves a king."
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