1 Samuel 8:5
"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."
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- Deuteronomy 17:14
"When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;"
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 8:19
"Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;"
Read in chapter → - Hosea 13:10
"I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?"
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 8:6
"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 12:17
"Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 23:9
"For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations."
Read in chapter → - Acts 13:21
"And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years."
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