1 Samuel 8:19

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 8:19

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

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WEB

World English Bible

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,

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ASV

American Standard Version

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 8

¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

¹⁸ When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

¹⁹ Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

²⁰ Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

²¹ Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

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