1 Samuel 8:10

10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him 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 out of Egypt even to this day, by which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to thee.

9 Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

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

11 And he said, This will be the manner 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] will run before his chariots.

12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.