◄ 1 Samuel 8:19 ►
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Good News Translation
The people paid no attention to Samuel, but said, "No! We want a king,

New Revised Standard Version
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! but we are determined to have a king over us,

New American Bible
The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel’s warning and said, “No! There must be a king over us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

refused to obey

Psalm 81:11 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:

Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Context
God Grants the Request
19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,20And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about:

1 Samuel 12:12
But seeing that Naas, king of the children of Ammon, was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king.

Isaiah 66:4
Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.

Jeremiah 44:16
As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

1 Samuel 8:18
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