1 Samuel 8:4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
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1 Samuel 8:4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
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1 Samuel 8:1
When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
1 Samuel 8:2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
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1 Samuel 8:6
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
1 Samuel 8:7
Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
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