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1 Samuel 8:5
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1 Samuel 8:5
English Standard Version
5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. (A)Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
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1 Samuel 8:19
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1 Samuel 8:19
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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,
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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