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1 Samuel 8:4–5
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1 Samuel 8:4
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
4Then all the Elders of Israel gathered themselues together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,
1 Samuel 8:5
5And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
5And said vnto him, Behold, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: now *make vs a King to iudge vs, like all the nations.
- Ose. 13.10. acts 13.21.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 8:4
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
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To collect, bring together, or assemble.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 8:5
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Advanced in age; having existed a long time; former or belonging to an earlier time.
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To appoint or establish in the named office.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
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To decide, discern, govern, try, condemn, or pronounce judgment.
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Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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From verse 4
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Open the full verse study17And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
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Open the full verse study1AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
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Open the full verse study16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study14¶ 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;
15Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
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Open the full verse study19¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20That 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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Open the full verse study6¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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Open the full verse study10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
11I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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Open the full verse study17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
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Open the full verse study9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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Open the full verse study21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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