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1 Samuel 8:5

They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

1 Samuel 8:5 WEB

1 Samuel 8:5 in the King James Version

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.

Context

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.

5 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

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

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