1 Samuel 8:9 KJV

Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Words Then and Now

howbeit nevertheless; however Webster’s 1828 · Howbeit
shew to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Show

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

The Israelites ask for a kingSamuel was displeased; he could patiently bear what reflected on himself, and his own family; but it displeased him when they said, Give us a king to judge...

Thompson Chains

Warn the WickedSee the chain from 2 Chronicles 19:10 · 5 links

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:11–18 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. …
1 Samuel 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
1 Samuel 2:13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
1 Samuel 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
Ezekiel 45:7–8 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. …
Ezekiel 46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

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Topics

Government Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
Israel They demand a king
Samuel People desire a king; he protests

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1117–1095 BC · Samuel

Hebrew and Strong’s

Now therefore hearken וְעַתָּה wĕʿattâ Adverb · with and שְׁמַע šĕmaʿ שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
unto their voice בְּקוֹלָם bĕqôlām קוֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
howbeit אַךְ ʾak אַךְ Affirmation
yet protest כִּי kî Conjunction הָעֵד hāʿēd עוּד Verb · hiphil infinitive absolute
solemnly תָּעִיד tāʿîd עוּד Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine singular
unto them, and shew בָּהֶם bāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural וְהִגַּדְתָּ wĕhiggadtā נָגַד Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, second person masculine singular · with and
them the manner לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural מִשְׁפַּט mišpaṭ מִשְׁפָּט Noun · masculine singular construct
of the king הַמֶּלֶךְ hammelek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular · with the
that shall reign אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יִמְלֹךְ yimlōk מָלַךְ Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular עֲלֵיהֶם ʿălêhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural

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