1 Samuel 8:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations.

Cross References

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see Israel, and from the hills I behold him. Behold, the people [of Israel] shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned and esteemed among the nations.

Acts 13:21

Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Judges 8:22

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us–you and your son and your son's son also–for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.

1 Samuel 10:19

But you have this day rejected your God, Who Himself saves you from all your calamities and distresses; and you have said to Him, No! Set a king over us. So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

1 Samuel 12:13

Now see the king whom you have chosen and for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord and He will send thunder and rain; then you shall know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord in asking for a king for yourselves.

1 Samuel 12:2

And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

1 Samuel 9:20

As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be thinking about them, for they are found. And for whom are all the desirable things of Israel? Are they not for you and for all your father's house?