1 Samuel 8:5

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Summary

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.

Now make

General references

1 Samuel 8:20

Bible References

Now make

When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand sinful, so he prayed to the Lord.

Isn’t the wheat harvest today? I will call on the Lord and He will send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you committed in the Lord’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.”

I see them from the top of rocky cliffs,
and I watch them from the hills.
There is a people living alone;
it does not consider itself among the nations.

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, take possession of it, live in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations around me,’

Where now is your king,

that he may save you in all your cities,
and the rulers

you demanded, saying,

“Give me a king and leaders”?

Then they asked for a king, so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

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Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.”