1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (A)for they have not rejected you, (B)but they have rejected me from being king over them.
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1 Samuel 10:19
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19 (A)But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore (B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.”
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 And when you saw that (A)Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, (B)you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us’, (C)when the Lord your God was your king.
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1 Samuel 12:17
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17 (A)Is it not wheat harvest today? (B)I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that (C)your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king.”
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1 Samuel 12:19
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19 And all the people said to Samuel, (A)“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”
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