Bible Cross References
Behold
1 Samuel 8:5-8
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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.
1 Samuel 8:19-22
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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.
have made
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 10:24
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!"
1 Samuel 11:14
And Samuel said to them, "Let us all go to Gilgal and once more proclaim Saul as our king."
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.