1 Samuel 8:19 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Nevertheless 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

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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

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

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.

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

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1 Samuel 8:1

"And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel."

1 Samuel 8:2

"Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: {they were} judges in Beersheba."

1 Samuel 8:3

"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment."

1 Samuel 8:4

"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,"

1 Samuel 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."

1 Samuel 8:6

"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. {displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}"

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