Israel Demands A King

1 Samuel 8

Israel Asks for a King

¹ When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel.

²¹ When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. ²² The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go back to his town.”

² The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was

Hebrew Word of the Day: Love

Hebrews Word

Ahav [Aleph, Hei, Beit]

HB – Behold the house i.e. gift; one does not choose the household which one is born into, including the tribe, parents, children and wife [as marriages were often arranged by the father], it is a gift from God. These gifts are seen as a  privilege and are to be cherished and protected. The expressions and actions toward the family that one was privileged with

AH – A strong breath i.e. a sigh, as when looking at a great sight; can be a sigh as when searching  for a person, place, time, event, or thing e.g. an ox would let out a

Hebrew Word of the Day: Burden, Debt, Redemption

To redeem is defined as:

1. Exchange: to turn in one thing and receive something else
2. To recover ownership of something by paying a sum
3. Ransom: i.e. under threat: liberate by exchanging or recovering something  for money
4. Save, rescue: To set free by force
5. Atone: release from debt or blame; Restore the honor or worth of

Hebrew Words

They all have this root in common

MSh – Draw out i.e. to touch

Mashal [Mem, Shin, Lamed]

to rule, have dominion, reign over; to represent, liken, be like; to speak in