Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:5

Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:5 - 8:5

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Samuel 8:5 - 8:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

8:1 - 8:1
8:3 - 8:3
8:5 - 8:5
8:6 - 8:6
8:7 - 8:7
8:9 - 8:9
8:19 - 8:19
8:20 - 8:20
8:21 - 8:21
8:22 - 8:22

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.