Bible Cross References
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1 Samuel 8:5-22
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and said to him, Behold, you have become old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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But the thing made Samuel's eyes quiver when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
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And Jehovah said to Samuel, Consent to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, for Me to not reign over them.
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According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day, with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods, so they are doing to you also.
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Now therefore, consent to their voice. However, you shall solemnly testify to them, and inform them regarding the manner of the king who shall reign over them.
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So Samuel told all the words of Jehovah to the people who were asking him for a king.
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And he said, This shall be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.
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He will appoint commanders over his thousands and commanders over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots.
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He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
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And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
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He will take a tenth of your seed and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.
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And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and make them do his work.
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He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.
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And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
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Nevertheless the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,
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that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of Jehovah.
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And Jehovah said to Samuel, Consent to their voice, and cause a king to reign over them. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each of you go to his city.
1 Samuel 12:12-19
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And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though Jehovah your God was your king.
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Now therefore, behold the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. And behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.
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If you will fear Jehovah and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then both you and the king who reigns over you shall follow Jehovah your God.
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However, if you do not obey the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then the hand of Jehovah will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
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Now therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes:
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Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to Jehovah, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for a king for yourselves.
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So Samuel called unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
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And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Jehovah your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king for ourselves.
Saul
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: Is it not because Jehovah has anointed you ruler over His inheritance.
1 Samuel 10:21-26
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When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they sought him, he could not be found.
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Therefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Has the man come here yet? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he is hiding himself among the equipment.
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So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
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And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, Long live the king!
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Then Samuel explained to the people the ordinances of the king's office, and wrote it in a book and set it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
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And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and mighty men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal. There they slaughtered sacrifices of peace offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel 15:1
Samuel also said to Saul, Jehovah has sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of Jehovah.
Cis
1 Samuel 9:1
Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul. There was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 10:21
When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they sought him, he could not be found.