1 Samuel 8:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 8:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.”

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KJV

King James Version

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

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WEB

World English Bible

that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 8

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.

²² “Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”

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