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1 Samuel 8:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Samuel 8:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
18 And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day.’
Israel’s Request for a King Granted
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, ‘No! but 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.’
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