World English Bible
1 Samuel 8:4
“Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 8
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
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and they said to him, "Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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