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1 Samuel 8:4-7

What meaning of the 1 samuel 8:4-7 in the Bible?

What does 1 Samuel 8:4-7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.

  • 1 Samuel 8:4

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

  • 1 Samuel 8:5

    And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

  • 1 Samuel 8:6

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

  • 1 Samuel 8:7

    And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

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