The repetition of God’s will in 1 Samuel 8:7 and 1 Samuel 8:9, mentioned for the third time, highlights Samuel’s great unwi…

Hearken unto their voice. — And for the third time (see 1 Samuel 8:7, 9), the voice of the Eternal, which Sam…

And the Lord said to Samuel
an audible voice, or by an impulse upon his mind:

hearken unto their …

If they wished to have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those who submit…