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1 Samuel 8:6-7
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
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6 But the matter was [a](A)displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And (B)Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because (C)they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
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1 Samuel 8:6-7
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1 Samuel 12:12
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1 Samuel 12:12
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The King Confirmed
12 But when you saw (A)that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me, ‘(B)No, but a king shall reign over us!’ (C)Yet the Lord your God was your king.
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1 Samuel 12:12
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 “But when you saw that Nahash(A) king(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
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