1 Samuel 8:20

And we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 hearken to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 33:16And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have found favor with thee, except only if thou go with us? So both I and thy people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the earth.

Numbers 23:9For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, 1 And from the hills I shall observe him: 1 Behold, the people shall dwell alone, 1 And shall not be reckoned among the nations. 1

1 Samuel 8:5and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.

Psalms 106:35He turns a wilderness into pools of water, 1 And a dry land into streams of water. 1

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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