Verse 6

But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
  • 1 Sam 12:17 : 17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the LORD so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the LORD by asking for a king for yourselves.”
  • Ezra 9:3-5 : 3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated. 4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering. 5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the LORD my God.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus. 12 Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 Moses said to Aaron,“What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?”
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if you will forgive their sin…, but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written.”
  • Num 16:15 : 15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the LORD,“Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
  • Num 16:22 : 22 Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”
  • Num 16:46 : 46 Then Moses said to Aaron,“Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the LORD– the plague has begun!”