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Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
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A Rejection of God, Not Samuel
Commentators stress that God's primary message to Samuel was one of comfort. The people's demand for a king was not a personal rejection of Samuel's leadership, but a profound rejection of God Himself as their direct ruler. This reframed the offense from a personal slight to a national spiritual failure.
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19th Century
Anglican
Hearken unto the voice of the people. —The words spoken to Samuel, probably in a vision, by the Most High are very touchi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said unto Samuel He appeared to him in a vision or dream, and by an articulate voice delivered to him w…
Presbyterian
Samuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on himself and his own family; but it displeased him when they said, Give us a ki…
