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1 Samuel 8:7
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (A)for they have not rejected you, (B)but they have rejected me from being king over them.
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1 Samuel 8:7
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)
1 Samuel 8:19
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1 Samuel 8:19
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The Lord Grants Israel's Request
19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,
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1 Samuel 8:19
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1 Samuel 8:19
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1 Samuel 12:12
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 And when you saw that (A)Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, (B)you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ (C)when the Lord your God was your king.
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1 Samuel 12:12
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 “But when you saw that Nahash(A) king(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.
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