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1 Samuel 8:4-6
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:4-6
English Standard Version
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at (A)Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. (B)Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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