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

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1 Samuel 8:20

Bible References

Now make

But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.

Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.

When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

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So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.