They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 8:5 in context
1 Samuel 8:2–8
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
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His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
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They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
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But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
Samuel prayed to the LORD.
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The LORD 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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According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
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