1 Samuel 8:19

American Standard Version (1901)

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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  • Jer 44:16 : 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.
  • Ps 81:11 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:

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

    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.

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

    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.

    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.

    9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

    10And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.

    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

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    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.

    21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

    22And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

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    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.

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    19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.

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    19but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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