1 Samuel 8:20

and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

19And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,

21And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah;

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Cross References

Exodus 33:16and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes — I and Thy people — is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished — I and Thy people — from all the people who [are] on the face of the ground.'

Numbers 23:9For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

1 Samuel 8:5and say unto him, 'Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.'

Psalms 106:35And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works,

Romans 12:12in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await — the 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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