Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
18. because of your king ] Or, “ from your king,” appealing to God to escape from his tyranny.
will not hear you ] Rather, will not answer you. The Sept adds “because ye have chosen yourselves a king.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Ye shall cry out in that day; ye shall bitterly mourn for the sad effects of this inordinate desire of a king.
The Lord will not hear you in that day, because you will not hear him, nor obey his counsel, in this day. Compare Pro 1:24, &c. Zec 7:13.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king,…. His power and pride, his oppression and tyranny, his heavy exactions, and intolerable yoke, and yet not be able to free themselves from them; all that they could do would be only to cry out under them as grievously distressed, and not knowing how to help themselves; and which would be the more aggravated, because they brought all this upon themselves, as it follows:
which ye shall have chosen you; for though the choice of a king for them, at a proper time, God had reserved to himself, yet in later times, as is here suggested, they would choose for themselves, and did, see Ho 8:4 besides, to have a king in general was at first their own choice, though the particular person was by the designation of the Lord:
and the Lord will not hear you in that day; will not regard them, have no compassion on them, suffer them to remain under their oppressions, and not deliver them out of them; because they rejected him from being their King, and put themselves out of his protection, into the hands of another, and therefore it was just to leave them to their own choice.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(18) The Lord will not hear you in that day.After the separation of the north and the south, when King Solomon was dead, a large proportion of the northern sovereignsor kings, as they were called, of Israel, in distinction to the southern monarchs, the kings of Judahfulfilled in their lives and government of the realm the dark forebodings of the seer. The northern tribes broke with all the hallowed associations connected with the Ark and temple, and set up a rival and semi-idolatrous religion in some of their own popular centres. There no holy influences swayed the councils of their despotic kings. The lives of the Israelites who still loved the law of the Lord, and cherished the glorious memories of their fathers, must have been very bitter and hard when men like Omri and Ahab reigned with all their cruel power in Tirzah and Samaria.
But no prayers then availed; one wicked dynasty succeeded another, until the cup of iniquity was filled, and Israel carried away captive for ever out of their fair land.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
18. Ye shall cry out in that day By this dark picture of regal prerogative Samuel hopes that the people will withdraw their request for a king like those of the nations.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
Ver. 18. And ye shall cry out. ] As the Romans once did of Marius and Sulla, that the remedy was worse than the disease.
And the Lord will not hear you,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hear = answer.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
cry out: Isa 8:21
and the Lord: “Hitherto,” says Puffendorf, “the people of Israel had lived under governors raised up by God, who had exacted no tribute of them, nor put them to any charge; but little content with this form of government, they desire to have a king like other nations, who should live in magnificence and pomp, keep armies, and be able to resist any invasion. Samuel informs them what it was they desired; that, when they understood it, they might consider whether they would persist in their choice. If they would have a king splendidly attended, he tells them that he would take their sons for his chariots, etc.: if they would have him keep up constant forces, then he would appoint them for colonels and captains, and employ those in his wars who were accustomed to follow their family business; and since, after the manner of other kings, he must keep a stately court, they must be content that their daughters should serve in several offices, which the king would think below the dignity of his wives and daughters – 1Sa 8:13. In one word, that, to sustain his dignity, their king would exact the tenth of all they possessed, and be maintained in a royal manner out of their estates.”
will not hear: Job 27:9, Psa 18:41, Pro 1:25-28, Pro 21:13, Isa 1:15, Mic 3:4, Luk 13:25
Reciprocal: 1Ki 12:11 – I will add 2Ch 10:11 – I will put
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not {g} hear you in that day.
(g) Because you do not repent for your sins, but because you long for your afflictions, into which you cast yourselves willingly.