1 Samuel 10 · Verse 25

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.
1 Samuel 10:25, King James Version

1 Samuel 10:25 in other translations

BSBThen Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
WEBThen Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the LORD. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
ASVThen Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
YLTAnd Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house.
DARBYAnd Samuel told the people the right of the kingdom, and wrote it in the book, and laid it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
BBEThen Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
WebsterThen 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.

What does 1 Samuel 10:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 10:17-25

17-25. Samuel called the people together ... at Mizpeh--a shaft-like hill near Hebron, five hundred feet in height. The national assemblies of the Israelites were held there. A day having been appointed for the election of a king, Samuel, after having charged the people with a rejection of God's institution and a superseding of it by one of their own, proceeded to the nomination of the new monarch. As it was of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 The manner of the kingdom - It is the same word as in 1Sam 8:9; and doubtless the same thing is implied as is there related. But possibly there was some kind of compact or covenant between them and Saul; and this was the thing that was written in a book, and laid up before the Lord, probably near the ark.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:17-27

Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church…

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1 Samuel 10:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְדַבֵּ֨רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696
שְׁמוּאֵ֜לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
מִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.Pat[the] right[s] ofH4941
הַמְּלֻכָ֔הha.me.lu.Khahthe kingshipH4410
וַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.Toand he wroteH3789
בַּסֵּ֔פֶרba.Se.ferin the bookH5612
וַיַּנַּ֖חvai.ya.Nachand he set [it]H5117
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיְשַׁלַּ֧חvay.sha.Lachand he sent awayH7971
שְׁמוּאֵ֛לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אִ֥ישׁ'isheach manH376
לְבֵיתֽוֹ\׃le.vei.Toto own house hisH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 10:25

  • 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. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. …

  • Deuteronomy 17:14-20

    When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. …

  • Ezekiel 45:9-10

    Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Titus 3:1

    Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

  • Romans 13:1-7

    Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. …

  • 1 Timothy 2:2

    For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

  • Ezekiel 46:16-18

    Thus saith the Lord God; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance. But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons’ for them. 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.

  • 1 Peter 2:13-14

    Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:11-18; De 17:14-20; Eze 45:9,10; 46:16-18; Ro 13:1-7; 1Ti 2:2
Tit 3:1; 1Pe 2:13,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 10:24

    And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 10:26

    And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

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1 Samuel 10:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Samuel recitó luego al pueblo el derecho del reino, y escribiólo en un libro, el cual guardó delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Samuel dit au peuple le droit du royaume, et il l’écrivit dans un livre, et le posa devant l’ Éternel. Et Samuel renvoya tout le peuple, chacun à sa maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Samuel sagte dem Volke das Recht des Königtums, und er schrieb es in ein Buch und legte es vor Jehova nieder. Und Samuel entließ das ganze Volk, einen jeden nach seinem Hause.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Locutus est autem Samuel ad populum legem regni, et scripsit in libro, et reposuit coram Domino: et dimisit Samuel omnem populum, singulos in domum suam.