Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
      I. The address of the elders to Samuel in this matter (1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 8:5): They gathered themselves together, by common consent; and not in a riotous tumultuous manner, but with the respect due to his character, they came to him to his house as Ramah with their address, which contained,