1 Samuel 8:9

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7. 1 Samuel 8:7

   And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

8. 1 Samuel 8:8

   According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

10. 1 Samuel 8:10

    And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

11. 1 Samuel 8:11

    And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

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