1 Samuel 8:10

10 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

1 Samuel 8:10 in Other Translations

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

10 So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him.

10 So Samuel passed on the LORD ’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.

10 So Samuel told them, delivered God's warning to the people who were asking him to give them a king.

10 Samuel told all the Lord's words to the people who were asking 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 As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”

10 Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 19:7