1 Samuel 8:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They said to him, ‘Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.’

Cross References

Acts 13:21

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

1 Samuel 12:17

Isn’t the wheat harvest today?  I will call on the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain so that you will recognise what an immense evil you committed in the Lord’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.’

Numbers 23:9

I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.

1 Samuel 9:20

As for the donkeys that wandered away from you three days ago,  don’t worry about them because they’ve been found. And who does all Israel desire  but you and all your father’s family? ’

1 Samuel 12:2

Now you can see that the king is leading you. As for me, I’m old and grey, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from my youth until now.

1 Samuel 12:13

‘Now here is the king you’ve chosen,  the one you requested.  Look, this is the king the Lord has placed over you.

Judges 8:22

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us,  you as well as your sons and your grandsons, for you delivered us from the power of Midian.’

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God,  who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You  must set a king over us.”  Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’