1 Samuel 8:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 8:6

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 8

⁴ So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

⁵ “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

⁶ But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

⁷ And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

⁸ Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

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