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1 Samuel 8:4-6
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:4-6
International Standard Version
4 All the elders of Israel gathered together, and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They told him, “Look, you’re old, and your sons don’t follow your example.[a] So appoint a king to govern us like all the other[b] nations.” 6 Samuel was displeased[c] when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 8:5 Lit. not walk in his ways
- 1 Samuel 8:5 The Heb. lacks other
- 1 Samuel 8:6 Lit. the thing was bad in the eyes of
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