1 Samuel 8:19

King James Version

¹⁹Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 8:19

New International Version

¹⁹But the people refused^(A) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want^(B) a king^(C) over us.

²⁰That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

²⁰Then 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.”

King James Version (KJV)

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