1 Samuel 8:18
When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
19Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Psalms 18:41They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22
The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →