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1 Samuel 8:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 8:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.(A) 5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”(B)
6 When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand wrong, so he prayed to the Lord.
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