1 Samuel 8:3

8:3

And his sons
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walked
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not in his ways
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but turned aside
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after
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lucre
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and took
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bribes
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and perverted
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judgment
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1 Samuel 8:5-6

8:5

And said
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unto him, Behold, thou art old
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and thy sons
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walk
<01980> (8804)

not in thy ways
<01870>_:

now make
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us a king
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to judge
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us like all the nations
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8:6

But the thing
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displeased
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Samuel
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when they said
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Give
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us a king
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to judge
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us. And Samuel
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prayed
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unto the LORD
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{displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}

1 Samuel 8:19-20

8:19

Nevertheless the people
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refused
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to obey
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the voice
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of Samuel
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and they said
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Nay; but we will have a king
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over us;

8:20

That we also may be like all the nations
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and that our king
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may judge
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us, and go out
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before
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us, and fight
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our battles
<04421>_.