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1 Samuel 8:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 8:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 And on that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.”(A)
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, 20 so that we also may be like other nations and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”(B)
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