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1 Samuel 8:19

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But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

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1 Samuel 8:19 in other translations

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,

1 Samuel 8:19 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 8:19 in context

  1. 17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
  2. 18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
  3. 19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,
  4. 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.
  5. 21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.