1 Samuel 8:9-11
1599 Geneva Bible
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit, yet [a]testify unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10 ¶ So Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked a king of him.
11 And he said, This shall be the [b]manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and some shall run before his chariot.
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- 1 Samuel 8:9 To prove if they will forsake their wicked purpose.
- 1 Samuel 8:11 Not that kings have this authority by their office, but that such as reign in God’s wrath should usurp this over their brethren, contrary to the law, Deut. 17:20.
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