1 Samuel 8:20

And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight our battles for us.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.

21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:16For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth?

Numbers 23:9I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

1 Samuel 8:5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

Psalms 106:35And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.

Philippians 3:20But our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, 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 →

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