And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because (A)they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.

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And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)

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19 But today you (A)have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have [a]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, (B)present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your [b]groups of thousands.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:19 As in several mss and ancient versions; MT said to Him
  2. 1 Samuel 10:19 Or clans

19 But you have now rejected(A) your God, who saves(B) you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king(C) over us.’(D) So now present(E) yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

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The King Confirmed

12 But when you saw (A)that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon was coming against you, you said to me, ‘(B)No, but a king shall reign over us!’ (C)Yet the Lord your God was your king.

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12 “But when you saw that Nahash(A) king(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

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16 The Lord is (A)King forever and ever;
(B)Nations have perished from His land.

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16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(A)
    the nations(B) will perish from his land.

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