They asked (ηιτησαντο). First aorist indirect middle indicative, they asked for themselves. They were tired of a theocracy. Cf. [R…

And afterward they desired a king. See 1 Samuel 8:5; Hosea 13:10. It was predicted that they would have a king,[Ref…

Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.—It is natural to think of the Apostle as dwelling on the memory of the hero-k…

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, …

Paul’s exhortation begins with a review of Israel’s history that emphasizes the pattern of God’s redemptive activity from Abraham to David. It is a…

Afterward they desire. And this change was equivalent to them completely and clearly overthrowing the government which He had appointed, a…

And afterward they desired a king
(1 Samuel 8:5) which the Jews ^F23 say, was in the tenth yea…

When we come together to worship God, we must do so not only through prayer and praise, but also by reading and hearing the word of God. Merely rea…