1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because ye have chosen to yourselves a king.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
17And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
Proverbs 1:28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
Isaiah 1:15When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:1Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear?
Micah 3:4thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.
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 →