1 Samuel 8:20
that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of Jehovah.
Cross References
Exodus 33:16And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes I and thy people? [Is it] not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on 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 shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
1 Samuel 8:5and said to him, Behold, thou art become old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now appoint us a king to judge us, like all the nations.
Psalms 106:35But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
Romans 12:12As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:
Philippians 3:20for *our* commonwealth has its existence in [the] heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ [as] Saviour,
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 →