Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Mga Hukom 9:7

Thus, the refined Jewish personality is hesitant to be put into a leadership situation, even while he or she must eventually accept it once it becomes clear that his or her leadership is needed. Even when required, it is not necessarily viewed as a permanent “position.” Accordingly, ideal Jewish leadership is what was seen during the time of the Judges, wherein human leaders arose only to meet specific needs. When the need passed, those who were still alive went back to private life.¹¹While this is not necessarily the case with all of the Judges, it is most clearly recorded concerning Gideon (Shoftim 8:23, 29) and appears to be depicted as the ideal in the parable of Yotam (Shoftim 9:7–15). There are many who understand the Jewish desire for a formal leader during the days of Shmuel as moving away from this Jewish ideal.¹²Although this is not clear from the Biblical text. Correspondingly, it was against this call for the power of office that Shmuel cried out so vigorously.