I Samuel 8:5

World English Bible (WEB)

"and they said to him, "Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.""

About I Samuel

The transition from judges to kings, featuring Samuel, Saul, and David.

Old Testament • Book #9

His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted just...

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." Samuel prayed to the ...

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