Bible Cross References
they
1 Samuel 8:5-22
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and said to him, "Look, you are getting old and your sons don't follow your example. So then, appoint a king to rule over us, so that we will have a king, as other countries have."
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Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the LORD,
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and the LORD said, "Listen to everything the people say to you. You are not the one they have rejected; I am the one they have rejected as their king.
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Ever since I brought them out of Egypt, they have turned away from me and worshiped other gods; and now they are doing to you what they have always done to me.
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So then, listen to them, but give them strict warnings and explain how their kings will treat them."
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Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king everything that the LORD had said to him.
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"This is how your king will treat you," Samuel explained. "He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.
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He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plow his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.
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Your daughters will have to make perfumes for him and work as his cooks and his bakers.
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He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
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He will take a tenth of your grain and of your grapes for his court officers and other officials.
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He will take your servants and your best cattle and donkeys, and make them work for him.
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He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.
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When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the LORD will not listen to your complaints."
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The people paid no attention to Samuel, but said, "No! We want a king,
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so that we will be like other nations, with our own king to rule us and to lead us out to war and to fight our battles."
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Samuel listened to everything they said and then went and told it to the LORD.
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The LORD answered, "Do what they want and give them a king." Then Samuel told all the men of Israel to go back home.
1 Samuel 12:12-19
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But when you saw that King Nahash of Ammon was about to attack you, you rejected the LORD as your king and said to me, 'We want a king to rule us.'
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"Now here is the king you chose; you asked for him, and now the LORD has given him to you.
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All will go well with you if you honor the LORD your God, serve him, listen to him, and obey his commands, and if you and your king follow him.
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But if you do not listen to the LORD but disobey his commands, he will be against you and your king.
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So then, stand where you are, and you will see the great thing which the LORD is going to do.
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It's the dry season, isn't it? But I will pray, and the LORD will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against the LORD when you asked him for a king."
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So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,
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and they said to Samuel, "Please, sir, pray to the LORD your God for us, so that we won't die. We now realize that, besides all our other sins, we have sinned by asking for a king."
Saul
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a jar of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head, kissed him, and said, "The LORD anoints you as ruler of his people Israel. You will rule his people and protect them from all their enemies. And this is the proof to you that the LORD has chosen you to be the ruler of his people:
1 Samuel 10:21-26
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Then Samuel had the families of the tribe of Benjamin come forward, and the family of Matri was picked out. Then the men of the family of Matri came forward, and Saul son of Kish was picked out. They looked for him, but when they could not find him,
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they asked the LORD, "Is there still someone else?" The LORD answered, "Saul is over there, hiding behind the supplies."
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So they ran and brought Saul out to the people, and they could see that he was a foot taller than anyone else.
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Samuel said to the people, "Here is the man the LORD has chosen! There is no one else among us like him." All the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
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Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of a king, and then wrote them in a book, which he deposited in a holy place. Then he sent everyone home.
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Saul also went back home to Gibeah. Some powerful men, whose hearts God had touched, went with him.
1 Samuel 11:15
So they all went to Gilgal, and there at the holy place they proclaimed Saul king. They offered fellowship sacrifices, and Saul and all the people of Israel celebrated the event.
1 Samuel 15:1
Samuel said to Saul, "I am the one whom the LORD sent to anoint you king of his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD Almighty says.
Cis
1 Samuel 9:1
There was a wealthy and influential man named Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin; he was the son of Abiel and grandson of Zeror, and belonged to the family of Becorath, a part of the clan of Aphiah.
1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Saul was a foot taller than anyone else in Israel and more handsome as well.
1 Samuel 10:21
Then Samuel had the families of the tribe of Benjamin come forward, and the family of Matri was picked out. Then the men of the family of Matri came forward, and Saul son of Kish was picked out. They looked for him, but when they could not find him,