Thematic Bible: Theocracy of
Thematic Bible
Israel » Separation of » Theocracy of
And the LORD said unto Samuel, "Hear the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee. For they have not cast thee away, but me: that I should not reign over them.
And the people answered all together and said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do." And Moses brought the words of the people unto the LORD.
At the mouth of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the LORD they pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay still,
that thou shouldest come under the covenant of the LORD thy God, and under his oath which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day.
And Gideon said unto them, "I will not reign over you, neither shall my children reign over you, but the LORD shall reign over you."
And for all that, when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, 'Not so, a king shall reign over us' - when yet the LORD your God was your king.