1 Samuel 8:7

Translations

Modern

And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

Traditional

And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Literal

And YHWH said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but Me they have rejected from reigning over them.

Latin

Dixit autem Dominus ad Samuelem: Audi vocem populi in omnibus quæ loquuntur tibi: non enim te abjecerunt, sed me, ne regnem super eos.

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Hebrew

English

And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

Notes

1 Samuel 8:7

Listen to the voice of the people: God rarely told a prophet to listen to the misguided people. The people's desires and God's will would align with King David (see 2 Samuel 7:8–17).
they have rejected Me: By rejecting judges, they were actually rejecting God's rule and authority (see also 1 Samuel 12:1–17).

1 Samuel 8:1–12:25

When Israel was changing to a monarchy (rule by kings), neither God (1 Samuel 8:7–9) nor Samuel (1 Samuel 12:1–25) liked the people's request for a king. Saul, the first king (1 Samuel 9–11), did not succeed in his role (1 Samuel 13–31) and proved Samuel's warnings true (see 1 Samuel 8:10–18; compare 1 Samuel 16:1–13).

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel Kingship

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Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
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Luke 19:14
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He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
Psalm 81:11–12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
1 Samuel 12:17–19
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
Numbers 22:20
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John 15:20–21
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
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Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

Parallels

Deuteronomy 17:14–20

People

Samuel: Prophet and last judge of Israel before the kings

Glossary

Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Theocracy

Topics

God for Other Anthropomorphic Scriptures by Israel Government: Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler Government: Mosaic: Demands a King Government: Theocratic Ingratitude of Man to God Israel: Under the Judges: They Demand a King Kings: Israel in Seeking, Rejected God As Their King Rebellion Against God: Exhibited in Rejecting his Government Samuel: People Desire a King; he Protests The Jews: Under the Theocracy Until the Time of Samuel The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: Lasted from the Deliverance out of Egypt Until The Theocracy: Rejected by Israel

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