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1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel
Grief

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

5 “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

8 Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

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BSB
But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
KJV
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
WEB
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
ASV
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.
DARBY
And the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
BLB
And the thing was bad in the eyes of Samuel when they said, “Give to us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to YHWH.
ÅB
Men det ord gjorde Samuel ondt, da de sa: Gi oss en konge til å dømme oss! Og Samuel ba til Herren.
OTB
Men denne forespørselen mislikte Samuel, spesielt deres krav om en konge til å dømme dem. Så han ba til Herren.
B1930
Men det ord gjorde Samuel ondt, da de sa: Gi oss en konge til å dømme oss! Og Samuel bad til Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 15:11

    “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

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  • James 1:5

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:17

    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

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  • Exodus 32:21

    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

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  • Numbers 16:46

    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

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  • Psalms 109:4

    In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

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  • Exodus 32:32

    Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

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  • Numbers 16:22

    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

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