The Lord Grants Israel's Request - 1 Samuel 8

1 Samuel 8

¹⁹ But the people wouldn't listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We will have a king to rule us! Then we'll be just like all the other nations. Our king will rule us and lead us and fight our battles." ²¹ Samuel took in what they said and rehearsed it with God. God told Samuel, "Do what they say. Make them a king." Then Samuel dismissed the men of Israel: "Go home, each of you to your own city."

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Samuel 8:19

Strong's Concordance

1 Samuel 8:19

Nevertheless the peopleH5971 refusedH3985 to obeyH8085 the voiceH6963 of Samuel;H8050 and they saidH559, Nay; but we will have a kingH4428 over us;

Notes

1 Samuel 8:19 - 21

But the people wouldn't listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We will have a king to rule us! Then we'll be just like all the other nations. Our king will rule us and lead us and fight our battles. Samuel took in what they said and rehearsed it with God. God told Samuel, "Do what they say. Make them a king." Then Samuel dismissed the men of Israel: "Go home, each of you to your own city. ...

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