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1 Samuel 8:18-20
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:18-20
English Standard Version
18 And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, (A)but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
The Lord Grants Israel's Request
19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 (B)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.”
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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