1 Samuel 9:20
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20 As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, give no further thought to them, for they have been found. And on whom is all Israel’s desire fixed, if not on you and on all your ancestral house?”(A)
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1 Samuel 8:5
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5 and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”(A)
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1 Samuel 12:13
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13 See, here is the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; see, the Lord has set a king over you.(A)
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1 Samuel 9:3
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3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, had strayed. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the young men with you; go and look for the donkeys.”
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Colossians 3:2
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2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,
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Psalm 62:10
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10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(A)
1 Chronicles 29:3
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3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
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1 Samuel 12:15
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15 but if you will not heed the voice of the Lord but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.[a](A)
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- 12.15 Gk: Heb and your ancestors
1 Samuel 8:19
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Israel’s Request for a King Granted
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! We are determined to have a king over us,
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1 Samuel 4:20
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20 As she was about to die, the women attending her said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or give heed.(A)
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