1 Samuel 8:18

And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

In Context

17He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.

19But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs.

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?

Psalms 18:41They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lord, but hee answered them not.

Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,

Isaiah 1:15And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 59:1Beholde, the Lordes hande is not shortened, that it can not saue: neither is his eare heauie, that it cannot heare.

Micah 3:4Then shall they crye vnto the Lord, but he will not heare them: he wil euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

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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