1 Samuel 8:4-9
Holman 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 follow your example. 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 sinful, so he prayed to the Lord. 7 But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.(C) 8 They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to Me,[a] since the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, abandoning Me and worshiping other gods. 9 Listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them(D) and tell them about the rights of the king who will rule over them.”
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- 1 Samuel 8:8 LXX; MT omits to Me
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