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1 Samuel 8:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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 8:5

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

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

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.

6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

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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Deuteronomy 17:14-15

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"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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1 Samuel 9:20

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"And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?"

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1 Samuel 12:2

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"And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day."

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1 Samuel 8:20

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"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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1 Samuel 8:19-20

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"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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1 Samuel 12:12

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"And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king."

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From This Chapter

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 8:6

"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."

1 Samuel 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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