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1 Samuel 8:6

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

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1 Samuel 8:6 in other translations

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
Samuel prayed to Yahweh.

1 Samuel 8:6 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 8:6 in context

  1. 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
  2. 5and they 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.
  3. 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.
  4. 7And Jehovah 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 be king over them.
  5. 8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.