1 Samuel 8:5

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

Cross References (7)

  • Deuteronomy 17:14–15 (6)

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you

  • 1 Samuel 8:19–20 (4)

    Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

  • 1 Samuel 8:6–8 (3)

    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to t

  • Hosea 13:10–11 (3)

    Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

  • 1 Samuel 12:17 (2)

    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what

  • Numbers 23:9 (2)

    For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoni

  • Acts 13:21 (1)

    Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.