1 Samuel 8:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.

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  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me, 15 Then thou shalt make him King ouer thee, whome the Lorde thy God shall chuse: from among thy brethren shalt thou make a King ouer thee: thou shalt not set a stranger ouer thee, which is not thy brother.
  • 1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs. 20 And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 So after that, they desired a King, & God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hils I did beholde him: lo, the people shal dwell by themselues, and shal not be reckened among the nations.
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not nowe wheat haruest? I wil call vnto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and raine, that yee may perceiue and see, howe that your wickednesse 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, that shoulde help thee in al thy cities? and thy iudges, of whom thou saidest, Giue me a King, and princes? 11 I gaue thee a King in mine anger, and I tooke him away in my wrath.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-8 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuel prayed vnto the Lord. 7 And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the. 8 As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe 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, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuel prayed vnto the Lord.

    7And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.

    8As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.

    9Nowe therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, and shewe them the maner of ye King that shall reigne ouer them.

    10So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.

    11And he saide, This shall be the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charet.

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

    18And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.

    19But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs.

    20And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

    21Therefore when Samuel heard all ye wordes of ye people, he rehearsed the in ye eares of ye Lord.

    22And the Lord saide to Samuel, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King; Samuel said vnto the men of Israel, Goe 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 rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.

    4Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1Samuel then said vnto all Israel, Behold, I haue hearkened vnto your voyce in all that yee sayde vnto mee, and haue appoynted a King ouer you.

    2Now therefore behold, your King walketh before you, and I am old and graie headed, and beholde, my sonnes are with you: and I haue walked before you fro my childhode vnto this day.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    79%

    1When Samuel was nowe become olde, he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    78%

    19And all the people said vnto Samuel, Pray for thy seruaunts vnto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we haue sinned in asking vs a King, beside all our other sinnes.

  • Deut 17:14
    76%

    14Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

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

    12Notwithstanding when you sawe, that Nahash the King of the children of Ammon came against you, ye sayde vnto me, No, but a King shall reigne ouer vs: when yet the Lord your God was your King.

    13Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.

  • Acts 13:21
    75%

    21So after that, they desired a King, & God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.

  • 1 Sam 10:19
    75%

    19But ye haue this day cast away your God, who onely deliuereth you out of all your aduersities and tribulations: and ye said vnto him, No, but appoint a King ouer vs. Nowe therefore stand ye before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.

  • 1 Sam 11:12
    74%

    12Then the people said vnto Samuel, Who is he that saide, Shall Saul reigne ouer vs? bring those men that we may slaie them.

  • Hos 13:10
    73%

    10I am: where is thy King, that shoulde help thee in al thy cities? and thy iudges, of whom thou saidest, Giue me a King, and princes?

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    73%

    1Afterward Samuel said vnto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee King ouer his people, ouer Israel: nowe therefore obey the voyce of the wordes of the Lord.

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

    24And Samuel saide to all the people, See ye not him, whom the Lorde hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? and all the people shouted and saide, God saue the King.

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

  • 1 Sam 16:1
    72%

    1The Lord then saide vnto Samuel, Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seeing I haue cast him away from reigning ouer Israel? Fill thine horne with oyle and come, I will sende thee to Ishai the Bethlehemite: for I haue prouided mee a King among his sonnes.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    72%

    14Then saide Samuel vnto ye people, Come, that we may goe to Gilgal, and renue the kingdome there.

  • 1 Sam 9:17
    71%

    17When Samuel therefore sawe Saul, the Lord answered him, See, this is the man whom I spake to thee of, he shall rule my people.

  • 1 Sam 12:17
    71%

    17Is it not nowe wheat haruest? I wil call vnto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and raine, that yee may perceiue and see, howe that your wickednesse 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 worde of the Lord vnto Samuel, saying,

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

    13And Samuel saide to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandement of the Lorde thy God, which he commaunded thee: for the Lord had nowe stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer.

    14But nowe thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his owne heart, and the Lorde hath commanded him to be gouernour ouer his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lorde had commanded thee.

  • 1 Sam 7:8
    71%

    8And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel, Cease not to crie vnto the Lorde our God for vs, that hee may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistims.

  • 1 Sam 15:28
    71%

    28Then Samuel saide vnto him, The Lorde hath rent the kingdome of Israel from thee this day, and hath giuen it to thy neighbour, that is better then thou.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    70%

    17Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? For the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.

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

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.

    16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?

    17Euen the Lord hath done to him, as hee spake by mine hande: for the Lord will rent the kingdome out of thine hande, and giue it thy neighbour Dauid.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15But the Lord had reueiled to Samuel secretly (a day before Saul came) saying,

  • 1 Sam 16:10
    70%

    10Againe Ishai made his seue sonnes to come before Samuel: and Samuel saide vnto Ishai, The Lord hath chosen none of these.

  • Hos 10:3
    70%

    3For now they shal say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what should a King doe to vs?

  • 1 Sam 16:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for ma looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

    8Then Ishai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel; he saide, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    69%

    3So came all the Elders of Israel to the King to Hebron, & Dauid made a couenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; they anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 12:8
    69%

    8But he forsooke the counsell that the olde men had giuen him, and asked counsell of the yong men that had bene brought vp with him, and waited on him.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    69%

    14But Samuel saide, 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 said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    69%

    9And when he had turned his backe to goe from Samuel, God gaue him another heart: and all those tokens came to passe that same day.