I Samuel 8:20 Commentary

וְהָיִ֥ינוּ גַם־אֲנַ֖חְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּ מַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙ וְיָצָ֣א לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַ֖ם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃

that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.’

Read commentary on I Samuel 8:20, verse-by-verse classical interpretation.