1 Samuele 8:19

19 Ma il popolo ricusò di ascoltar le parole di Samuele, e disse: No; anzi vi sarà un re sopra noi.

1 Samuele 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:19

Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel,
&c.] The advice he gave not to think of a king, but be content with the government under which they were; but to this they would not hearken, notwithstanding all the inconveniences that would attend such a change:

and they said, nay, but we will have a king over us;
they would not believe what Samuel said concerning a king, even though they were the words of the Lord he delivered to them; and though they knew Samuel was a prophet, and spoke by a spirit of prophecy, and none of his words had ever fallen to the ground: but such was their stubbornness and obstinacy, and so set upon having a king, that one they would have, let them suffer what hardships, or be at what expenses they might; at all events, and against all remonstrances, they were determined to have one.

1 Samuele 8:19 In-Context

17 Egli prenderà la decima delle vostre gregge; e voi gli sarete servi.

18 E in quel giorno voi griderete per cagione del vostro re, che vi avrete eletto; ma il Signore allora non vi esaudirà.

19 Ma il popolo ricusò di ascoltar le parole di Samuele, e disse: No; anzi vi sarà un re sopra noi.

20 E noi ancora saremo come tutte le altre genti; e il nostro re ci giudicherà, e uscirà davanti a noi, e condurrà le nostre guerre.

21 Samuele adunque, avendo udite tutte le parole del popolo, le rapportò agli orecchi del Signore.