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1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel

23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

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BSB
Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
KJV
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
WEB
Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the LORD. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
ASV
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
DARBY
And Samuel told the people the right of the kingdom, and wrote it in the book, and laid it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
BLB
And Samuel explained to the people the right of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book and laid [it] up before the face of YHWH. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his house.
ÅB
Så talte Samuel til folket om kongedømmets rett og skrev det opp i en bok; den la han ned for Herrens åsyn. Deretter lot Samuel alt folket fare, hver til sitt hjem.
OTB
Da fortalte Samuel folket reglene for kongedømmet og skrev dem i en bok og la den fram for Herren. Så sendte Samuel hele folket bort, hver til sitt eget hus.
B1930
Så talte Samuel til folket om kongedømmets rett og skrev det op i en bok; den la han ned for Herrens åsyn. Derefter lot Samuel alt folket fare, hver til sitt hjem.

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  • 1 Samuel 8:11–18

    And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:14–20

    When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

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  • Ezekiel 45:9–10

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Titus 3:1

    Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

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  • Romans 13:1–7

    Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:2

    For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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  • Ezekiel 46:16–18

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

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  • 1 Peter 2:13–14

    Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

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