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The Consequence of Choice
Commentators emphasize that the people's suffering would be a direct result of their own choice. John Gill notes that because they rejected God as their King and chose another, it was just for God to leave them to the consequences. When we bring distress upon ourselves through our own 'wrong desires,' Matthew Henry adds, we can justly forfeit the comfort of prayer.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 8:14–18
18th Century
Theologian
See illustrations: 1 Kings 5:13–18 and 1 Kings 12:4.
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 8:18
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord will not hear you in that day. — After the separation of the north and the south, when King Solomon was dead, a …
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 8:18
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall cry out in that day, because of your king
His power and pride, his oppression and tyranny, his heavy e…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 8:10–22
17th Century
Minister
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…