1 Samuel 8:20
that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of LORD.
Cross References
Exodus 33:16For how shall it now be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in that thou go with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
1 Samuel 8:5And they said to him, Behold, thou are old, and thy sons do not walk in thy ways. Now make for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Psalms 106:35but mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works,
Romans 12:12rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22
The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →