1 Samuel 8:5
8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead
1 us, just like all the other nations have.”
1 Samuel 8:19
8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. 2 Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!
1 Samuel 12:13
12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the
Lord has given you a king!
1 Samuel 12:15
12:15 But if you don’t obey
3 the
Lord and rebel against what the
Lord says, the hand of the
Lord will be against both you and your king.
4
1 tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).
2 tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”
3 tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”
4 tc The LXX reads “your king” rather than the MT’s “your fathers.” The latter makes little sense here. Some follow MT, but translate “as it was against your fathers.” See P. K. McCarter, 1 Samuel (AB), 212.