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1 Samuel 8:1
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1 Samuel 8:1
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Israel Demands a King
8 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.(A)
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1 Samuel 8:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 8:5
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5 and said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”(A)
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1 Samuel 8:20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 8:20
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20 so that we also may be like other nations and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”(A)
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