Verse 5

and they said{H559} unto him, Behold, thou art old,{H2204} and thy sons{H1121} walk{H1980} not in thy ways:{H1870} now make{H7760} us a king{H4428} to judge{H8199} us like all the nations.{H1471}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 When thou art come{H935} unto the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, and shalt possess{H3423} it, and shalt dwell{H3427} therein, and shalt say,{H559} I will set{H7760} a king{H4428} over me, like all the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} me; 15 thou shalt surely{H7760} set{H7760} him king{H4428} over thee, whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977} one from among{H7130} thy brethren{H251} shalt thou set{H7760} king{H4428} over thee; thou mayest{H3201} not put{H5414} a foreigner{H5237} over thee, who is not thy brother.{H251}
  • 1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 But the people{H5971} refused{H3985} to hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of Samuel;{H8050} and they said,{H559} Nay: but we will have a king{H4428} over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations,{H1471} and that our king{H4428} may judge{H8199} us, and go out{H3318} before{H6440} us, and fight{H3898} our battles.{H4421}
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterward{G2547} they asked{G154} for a king:{G935} and{G2532} God{G2316} gave{G1325} unto them{G846} Saul{G4549} the son{G5207} of Kish,{G2797} a man{G435} of{G1537} the tribe{G5443} of Benjamin,{G958} for the space of forty{G5062} years.{G2094}
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top{H7218} of the rocks{H6697} I see{H7200} him, And from the hills{H1389} I behold{H7789} him: lo, it is a people{H5971} that dwelleth{H7931} alone,{H910} And shall not be reckoned{H2803} among the nations.{H1471}
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not wheat{H2406} harvest{H7105} to-day?{H3117} I will call{H7121} unto Jehovah,{H3068} that he may send{H5414} thunder{H6963} and rain;{H4306} and ye shall know{H3045} and see{H7200} that your wickedness{H7451} is great,{H7227} which ye have done{H6213} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} in asking{H7592} you a king.{H4428}
  • Hos 13:10-11 : 10 Where{H645} now is thy king,{H4428} that he may{H165} save{H3467} thee in all thy cities?{H5892} and thy judges,{H8199} of whom thou saidst,{H559} Give{H5414} me a king{H4428} and princes?{H8269} 11 I have given{H5414} thee a king{H4428} in mine anger,{H639} and have taken{H3947} him away in my wrath.{H5678}
  • 1 Sam 8:6-8 : 6 But the thing{H1697} displeased{H3415} Samuel,{H8050} when they said,{H559} Give{H5414} us a king{H4428} to judge{H8199} us. And Samuel{H8050} prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 7 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Samuel,{H8050} Hearken{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of the people{H5971} in all that they say{H559} unto thee; for they have not rejected{H3988} thee, but they have rejected{H3988} me, that I should not be king{H4427} over them. 8 According to all the works{H4639} which they have done{H6213} since the day{H3117} that I brought them up{H5927} out of Egypt{H4714} even unto this day,{H3117} in that they have forsaken{H5800} me, and served{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} so do{H6213} they also unto thee.