1 Samuel 8:5
New King James Version
5 and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now (A)make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
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1 Samuel 8:5
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5 They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(A) to lead[a](B) us, such as all the other nations(C) have.”
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- 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
1 Samuel 8:19
New King James Version
19 Nevertheless the people (A)refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
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1 Samuel 8:19
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1 Samuel 8:20
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20 that we also may be (A)like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
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1 Samuel 8:20
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20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(A) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 10:19
New King James Version
19 (A)But you have today rejected your God, who Himself saved you from all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [a]clans.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:19 Lit. thousands
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