1 Samuel 8:20
and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”
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In Context
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 33:16For how will we be able to know, I and your people, that we have found grace in your sight, unless you walk with us, so that we may be glorified out of all the people who live upon the earth?”
Numbers 23:9I will look upon him from the tops of the stones, and I will consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and they shall not be counted among the nations.
1 Samuel 8:5And they said to him: “Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.”
Psalms 106:35He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.
Romans 12:12in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
Philippians 3:20But our way of life is in heaven. And from heaven, too, we await the Savior, our 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 →