Verse 5

And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Behold, thou art old{H2204}{(H8804)}, and thy sons{H1121} walk{H1980}{(H8804)} not in thy ways{H1870}: now make{H7760}{(H8798)} us a king{H4428} to judge{H8199}{(H8800)} us like all the nations{H1471}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 When thou art come{H935}{(H8799)} unto the land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, and shalt possess{H3423}{(H8804)} it, and shalt dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} therein, and shalt say{H559}{(H8804)}, I will set{H7760}{(H8799)} a king{H4428} over me, like as all the nations{H1471} that are about{H5439} me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise{H7760}{(H8800)} set{H7760}{(H8799)} him king{H4428} over thee, whom the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}: one from among{H7130} thy brethren{H251} shalt thou set{H7760}{(H8799)} king{H4428} over thee: thou mayest{H3201}{(H8799)} not set{H5414}{(H8800)} a stranger{H5237}{H376} over thee, which is not thy brother{H251}.
  • 1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 Nevertheless the people{H5971} refused{H3985}{(H8762)} to obey{H8085}{(H8800)} the voice{H6963} of Samuel{H8050}; and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, 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}{(H8804)} us, and go out{H3318}{(H8804)} before{H6440} us, and fight{H3898}{(H8738)} our battles{H4421}.
  • Acts 13:21 : 21 And afterward{G2547} they desired{G154}{(G5668)} a king{G935}: and{G2532} God{G2316} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} unto them{G846} Saul{G4549} the son{G5207} of Cis{G2797}, a man{G435} of{G1537} the tribe{G5443} of Benjamin{G958}, by the space of forty{G5062} years{G2094}.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top{H7218} of the rocks{H6697} I see{H7200}{(H8799)} him, and from the hills{H1389} I behold{H7789}{(H8799)} him: lo, the people{H5971} shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} alone{H910}, and shall not be reckoned{H2803}{(H8691)} among the nations{H1471}.
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is it not wheat{H2406} harvest{H7105} to day{H3117}? I will call{H7121}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and he shall send{H5414}{(H8799)} thunder{H6963} and rain{H4306}; that ye may perceive{H3045}{(H8798)} and see{H7200}{(H8798)} that your wickedness{H7451} is great{H7227}, which ye have done{H6213}{(H8804)} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, in asking{H7592}{(H8800)} you a king{H4428}.
  • Hos 13:10-11 : 10 I will{H165} be thy king{H4428}: where{H645} is any other that may save{H3467}{(H8686)} thee in all thy cities{H5892}? and thy judges{H8199}{(H8802)} of whom thou saidst{H559}{(H8804)}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} me a king{H4428} and princes{H8269}? 11 I gave{H5414}{(H8799)} thee a king{H4428} in mine anger{H639}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} him away in my wrath{H5678}.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-8 : 6 But the thing{H1697} displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} Samuel{H8050}, when they said{H559}{(H8804)}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} us a king{H4428} to judge{H8199}{(H8800)} us. And Samuel{H8050} prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}. 7 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Samuel{H8050}, Hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto the voice{H6963} of the people{H5971} in all that they say{H559}{(H8799)} unto thee: for they have not rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} thee, but they have rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} me, that I should not reign{H4427}{(H8800)} over them. 8 According to all the works{H4639} which they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} since the day{H3117} that I brought them up{H5927}{(H8687)} out of Egypt{H4714} even unto this day{H3117}, wherewith they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8799)} me, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, so do{H6213}{(H8802)} they also unto thee.