1 Samuel 8:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And sayd vnto him: Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: Now therfore make vs a king to iudge vs, as all other nations haue

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  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, and enioyest it, and dwellest therin, and if thou shalt say, I wyll set a king ouer me, lyke as all the nations that are about me: 15 Then thou shalt make hym king ouer thee whom the Lorde thy God shall choose: Euen one from among thy brethren shalt thou make kyng ouer thee, and thou mayest not set a straunger ouer thee, which is not of thy brethren.
  • 1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 Neuerthelesse, the people woulde not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, not so: But there shalbe a king ouer vs, 20 That we may be lyke other nations, and that our king may iudge vs, and go out before vs, and fight our battailes.
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterwarde, they desired a kyng, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of the tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourtie yeres.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the toppe of the rockes I see hym, and from the hylles I beholde hym: lo, the people shall dwell by them selues, and shal not be reckened among the nations.
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not nowe wheate hearuest? I will call vnto the Lorde, & he shal sende thunder & rayne, that ye may perceaue and see howe that your wickednes is great which ye haue done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king.
  • Hos 13:10-11 : 10 I am: where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities? Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest, Geue me a king and princes. 11 I gaue thee a king in my wrath, and in my displeasure I toke him from thee agayne.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-8 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, geue vs a king to iudge vs: And Samuel prayed vnto the lorde. 7 And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: For they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not raigne ouer them. 8 And as they haue euer done sence I brought them out of Egypt vnto this day, and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods, euen so do they vnto thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 8:6-11
    6 verses
    87%

    6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, geue vs a king to iudge vs: And Samuel prayed vnto the lorde.

    7And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: For they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not raigne ouer them.

    8And as they haue euer done sence I brought them out of Egypt vnto this day, and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods, euen so do they vnto thee.

    9Now therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, & shewe them the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer them.

    10And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a king of him,

    11And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet.

  • 1 Sam 8:18-22
    5 verses
    84%

    18And ye shall crie out at that time, because of your king whiche ye shall haue chosen you, & the Lorde wil not heare you at that day.

    19Neuerthelesse, the people woulde not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, not so: But there shalbe a king ouer vs,

    20That we may be lyke other nations, and that our king may iudge vs, and go out before vs, and fight our battailes.

    21Therfore when Samuel hearde all the wordes of the people, he rehearsed them in the eares of the Lord.

    22And the Lord sayd to Samuel: Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a king. And Samuel said vnto the men of Israel: Go euery man vnto his citie.

  • 1 Sam 8:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght.

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Rama,

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1And Samuel sayd vnto al Israel: Beholde, I haue hearkened vnto your voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me, and haue made a king ouer you.

    2Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    79%

    1When Samuel was old, he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    78%

    19And al the people sayd vnto Samuel: Pray for thy seruauntes vnto the Lord thy God, that we dye not: for we haue sinned in asking vs a king, besyde all our other sinnes.

  • Deut 17:14
    76%

    14When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, and enioyest it, and dwellest therin, and if thou shalt say, I wyll set a king ouer me, lyke as all the nations that are about me:

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12And for all that, when you sawe that Nahas the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye sayd vnto me: Not so, but a king shall raigne ouer vs: when yet the Lord your God was your king.

    13Nowe therfore behold the king whom ye haue chosen, and whom ye haue desired: lo, ye Lorde hath set a king ouer you.

  • Acts 13:21
    75%

    21And afterwarde, they desired a kyng, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of the tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourtie yeres.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    75%

    19And ye haue this day cast away your God, who onely deliuereth you out of al your aduersities and tribulations. And ye haue sayd vnto him: No, but make a king ouer vs. Nowe therfore stande ye before the Lorde by your tribes, & your thousandes.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    74%

    12And the people sayd vnto Samuel: Who is he that sayde, shal Saul raigne ouer vs? bring those men, that we may slay them.

  • Hos 13:10
    73%

    10I am: where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities? Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest, Geue me a king and princes.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    73%

    1Samuel also saide vnto Saul: The Lord sent me to anoynt thee, to be king ouer his people, ouer Israel: Now therfore hearken thou vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde.

  • 1 Sam 10:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24And Samuel said to al the people: See ye not him whom the Lorde hath chosen, and howe there is none lyke him among all the people? And all the people showted, and sayd: God saue the king.

    25Then Samuel tolde the people the duetie of the kingdome, & wrote it in a booke, and laide it vp before the Lord, and sent all the people away, euery man to his house.

  • 1 Sam 16:1
    72%

    1The Lorde sayd vnto Samuel: Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seing I haue cast him away from raigning ouer Israel? Fill thyne horne with oyntment, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlemite: for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    72%

    14Then sayde Samuel vnto the people: Come, that we may go to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    71%

    17When Samuel therfore sawe Saul, the Lorde aunswered him: See, this is the man whom I spake to thee of, this same shall raigne ouer my people.

  • 1 Sam 12:17
    71%

    17Is it not nowe wheate hearuest? I will call vnto the Lorde, & he shal sende thunder & rayne, that ye may perceaue and see howe that your wickednes is great which ye haue done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    71%

    10Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying:

  • 1 Sam 13:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And Samuel sayd to Saul: Thou art become a foole, thou hast not kept the commaundemet of the Lord thy God which he commauded thee: For at this time woulde the Lorde haue stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

    14But nowe, thy kingdome shal not continue: The Lorde hath sought him a man after his owne heart, and the Lord hath commaunded him to be captayne ouer his people, because thou hast not kept that whiche the Lorde commaunded thee.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    71%

    8And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel: Ceasse not to crye vnto the lord our God for vs, that he may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 15:28
    71%

    28And Samuel sayde vnto hym: The Lorde hath rent the kyngdome of Israel from thee this day, and hath geuen it to a neighbour of thine that is better then thou.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    70%

    17Samuel said: When thou wast litle in thyne owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lorde annoynted thee kyng ouer Israel?

  • 1 Sam 28:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou vnquieted me, to make me be brought vp? Saul aunswered: I am sore encumbred, for ye Philistines make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and aunswereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreames: And therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me what I shall do.

    16Then saide Samuel: Wherefore doest thou aske of me, while the Lord is gone from thee, and is become thyne enemie?

    17Trulie the Lord hath done to him, euen as he spake by my hand: For the Lorde hath rent the kingdome out of thyne hand, and geuen it thy neyghbour Dauid.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15But the Lorde had tolde Samuel in his eare (a day before Saul came) saying:

  • 1 Sam 16:10
    70%

    10Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel, and Samuel sayd vnto Isai: The Lorde hath chosen none of these.

  • Hos 10:3
    70%

    3For nowe shall they say, We haue no king, because we haue not feared the Lorde: and what shoulde then a king do to vs?

  • 1 Sam 16:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Loke not on his fashion, or on ye height of his stature, because I haue refused him: For God seeth not as man seeth. For man loketh on the outward appearaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the heart.

    8Then Isai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel, and he sayd: Neither hath the Lorde chosen this.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron, and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebro before the Lorde: And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde, by the hande of Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 12:8
    69%

    8But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him, and called vnto his counsel young men, that were growe vp with him and wayted on him,

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    69%

    14Samuel sayde: What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

  • 1 Sam 7:5
    69%

    5And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    69%

    9And when he had turned his backe to go fro Samuel, God gaue him another hearte, and all those tokens came to passe that same day.