1 Samuel 8:7-8

Listen to 1 Samuel 8:7-8
7 L'Eternel dit à Samuel: Ecoute la voix du peuple dans tout ce qu'il te dira; car ce n'est pas toi qu'ils rejettent, c'est moi qu'ils rejettent, afin que je ne règne plus sur eux.
8 Ils agissent à ton égard comme ils ont toujours agi depuis que je les ai fait monter d'Egypte jusqu'à ce jour; ils m'ont abandonné, pour servir d'autres dieux.

1 Samuel 8:7-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 8

This chapter relates, how that Samuel being old, and his sons behaving ill, the people desired to have a king set over them, 1Sa 8:1-5, which case Samuel laid before the Lord, and he was directed by him to yield to the people's desire, but at the same time to set before them all the disadvantages and ill consequences that would arise from thence, which he did, 1Sa 8:6-18, but they insisting upon it, nevertheless, he gave them reason to expect that their request would be granted, 1Sa 8:19-22.

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