1 Samuel 8:7

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Summary

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

They have not

General references

1 Samuel 8:22

Hosea 13:11

Luke 19:14

Bible References

They have not

Yet, ye, to-day, have rejected your God, who, himself, hath been giving you salvation from all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him: A king, shalt thou set over us, - Now, therefore, present yourselves before Yahweh, by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Is it not wheat harvest, to-day? I will cry unto Yahweh, that he may give forth thunderings and rain, - know ye then and see, that, your wrong, is great which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves, a king.

And Moses said - In that Yahweh giveth you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning, to the full, in that Yahweh heareth your murmurings wherewith ye are murmuring against him, what then are, we? Not against us, do ye murmur but against Yahweh.

A, disciple, is not above, the teacher, nor, a servant, above, his lord:

He that hearkeneth unto you, unto me, doth hearken, and, he that setteth you aside, doth set, me, aside; and, he that setteth, me, aside, doth set aside, him that sent me.

But, his citizens, hated him, and sent off an embassy after him, saying - We desire not, this, man, to be made king over us!

Verily, verily, I say unto you - A servant is not greater than his lord, neither one sent forth greater than he that sent him.

Remember the word which, I, spake unto you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If, me, they persecuted, you too, will they persecute, - If, my word, they kept, your own also, will they keep.

General references

And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: Go ye, every man to his own city.

I might give thee a king in mine anger, and take him away in my wrath.

But, his citizens, hated him, and sent off an embassy after him, saying - We desire not, this, man, to be made king over us!