1 Samuel 8:5

And said unto him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

Deuteronomy 17:14-15

When you are come unto the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;

1 Samuel 8:19-20

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

1 Samuel 8:6-8

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

Hosea 13:10-11

I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?

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1 Samuel 8:5

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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1 Samuel 8:20

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