Why was Prophet Samuel against kingship in Israel?

      

Explain why Prophet Samuel was against kingship in Israel.

  

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Maurice
(i) The king would grab people's property.

(ii) The king would introduce high taxation.

(iii) The Israelites would lose their identity as a covenant people.

(iv) The king would take their daughters to be performers as cooks or maids.

(v) Hereditary kingship would bring oppression and dictatorship.

(vi) When the Israelites would cry to God, He would not listen to them.

(vii) The idea of having a king was seen as rejection of God as their unseen king.

(viii) The king would forcefully recruit their sons into the army.

(ix) The king would introduce forced labour.

(x) The people would be enslaved.


maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 23, 2017 at 06:44


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