1 Samuel 8:8

Translations

Modern

Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

Traditional

According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

Literal

According to all the works that they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, and to this day—and they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing also to you.

Latin

Juxta omnia opera sua quæ fecerunt, a die qua eduxi eos de Ægypto usque ad diem hanc: sicut dereliquerunt me, et servierunt diis alienis, sic faciunt etiam tibi.

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Hebrew

English

Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

Notes

1 Samuel 8:8

serving other gods: The people’s request for a king showed a lack of trust in God. They wanted a human ruler to give them security instead of relying on God as their king. Because of this, Israel’s monarchy was a divine concession (something God allowed), not a divine gift. Any king or human institution becomes idolatrous when people trust it more than they trust God.

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

Related verses

Psalm 106:34–40
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
Psalm 106:14–21
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Exodus 14:11–12
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
Judges 2:20
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
Judges 4:1
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Acts 7:51–53
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Judges 6:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Numbers 14:2–4
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Deuteronomy 9:24
You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
Judges 13:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
Numbers 16:2–3
…a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.

Parallels

Deuteronomy 17:14–20

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

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

Topics

Forsaking God: Idolaters Guilty of God for Other Anthropomorphic Scriptures by Israel Government: Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler Government: Mosaic: Demands a King Ingratitude of Man to God Israel: Under the Judges: They Demand a King Samuel: People Desire a King; he Protests

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