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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 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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1Sa 8:6 |
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. |
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1Sa 8:7 |
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. |
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1Sa 8:8 |
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. |
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1Sa 8:19 |
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; |
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1Sa 8:20 |
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. |
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1Sa 12:17 |
[Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. |
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Num 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. |
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Deu 17:14 |
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me; |
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Deu 17:15 |
Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother. |
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Hsa 13:10 |
I will be thy king: where [is any other] that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? |
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Hsa 13:11 |
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath. |
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Act 13:21 |
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 8:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/8/5.html>.
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