1 Samuel 8:10

10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked him for a king.

1 Samuel 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:10

And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto them
How he considered this request of theirs as a rejection of him as their king, and that it was acting the same ungrateful part they had always done; and since they were so importunate to have it granted, it should be done; but that he was ordered to lay before them all the inconveniences that would attend it, and the evils that would follow upon it unto them:

that asked of him a king;
which is observed, not to distinguish a part of them from the rest; for this was an united request of the people.

1 Samuel 8:10 In-Context

8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, with which they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do unto thee.

9 Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice; however first protest solemnly against them by declaring unto them the rights of the king that shall reign over them.

10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked him for a king.

11 And he said, This will be the right of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot.

12 And he will appoint captains over thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to plough his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and the munitions of his chariots.