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1 Samuel 8:20

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That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

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  1. 1 Samuel 8:18

    And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

  2. 1 Samuel 8:19

    Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

  3. 1 Samuel 8:21

    And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

  4. 1 Samuel 8:22

    And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

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