1 Samuel 8:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together, and came to Samuel at Ramah,

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  • 1 Sam 7:17 : 17 And he returned to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
  • Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
  • Exod 24:1 : 1 And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off.

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  • 1 Sam 8:5-11
    7 verses
    84%

    5And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your 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 to the LORD.

    7And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

    8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, by forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you also.

    9Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

    10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.

    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for his own use, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    79%

    1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 8:19-22
    4 verses
    79%

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

    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 reported them in the ears of the LORD.

    22And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each of you go to your city.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
    77%

    4And Samuel did what the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Do you come peaceably?

  • 1 Sam 12:1
    77%

    1And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    77%

    3Therefore, all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 10:17
    76%

    17And Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah;

  • 1 Sam 7:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

    6And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.

  • 1 Sam 11:14
    75%

    14Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."

  • 2 Chr 5:4
    74%

    4And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
    74%

    1And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

  • 1 Sam 9:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14And they went up to the city: and when they came into the city, behold, Samuel came out towards them, to go up to the high place.

    15Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

  • 2 Chr 34:29
    73%

    29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    73%

    3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • Ezek 14:1
    73%

    1Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

  • 1 Sam 15:34
    73%

    34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 28:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had expelled those with familiar spirits and the wizards from the land.

    4The Philistines assembled and camped in Shunem, and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
    73%

    10Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    73%

    3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 4:1
    72%

    1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and camped beside Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped in Aphek.

  • 1 Kgs 8:1
    72%

    1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  • Exod 4:29
    72%

    29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 8:3
    72%

    3But his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

    16And he went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    71%

    1Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 12:19
    71%

    19And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

  • Jer 26:17
    71%

    17Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 10:25
    71%

    25Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  • Josh 24:1
    71%

    1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their leaders, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
    71%

    20And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 11:4
    71%

    4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the ears of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

  • 1 Chr 23:2
    71%

    2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  • 1 Sam 15:12
    71%

    12And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    71%

    18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is.

  • 1 Kgs 12:1
    70%

    1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 1 Sam 25:1
    70%

    1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites gathered together, and mourned him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

  • 1 Sam 13:11
    70%

    11And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines gathered at Michmash,