1 Samuel 8:5
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
KJV
Dixeruntque ei : Ecce tu senuisti, et filii tui non ambulant in viis tuis : constitue nobis regem, ut judicet nos, sicut et universæ habent nationes.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ σὺ γεγήρακας, καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου οὐ πορεύονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου· καὶ νῦν κατάστησον ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς βασιλέα δικάζειν ἡμᾶς καθὰ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη.
LXX
and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו הִנֵּה֙ אַתָּ֣ה זָקַ֔נְתָּ וּ/בָנֶ֕י/ךָ לֹ֥א הָלְכ֖וּ בִּ/דְרָכֶ֑י/ךָ עַתָּ֗ה שִֽׂימָ/ה לָּ֥/נוּ מֶ֛לֶךְ לְ/שָׁפְטֵ֖/נוּ כְּ/כָל הַ/גּוֹיִֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the prophet Samuel, the demand for a king, Saul's anointing and reign, David's anointing, his victory over Goliath, his friendship with Jonathan, Saul's pursuit of David, and Saul's death at Mount Gilboa. Josephus provides psychological depth to the characters.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 8:6 — But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
- 1Sam 8:19 — Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
- 1Sam 8:20 — That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
- 1Sam 9:20 — And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
- 1Sam 12:2 — And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
- 1Sam 12:12 — And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
- 1Sam 12:13 — Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
- Acts 13:21 — And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
- Deut 17:14 — When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
- Hos 13:10 — I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
- Hos 13:10 — I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?