1 Samuel 8:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they said to him: Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways. Make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

Cross References

Acts 13:21

And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you.

Numbers 23:9

I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

1 Samuel 9:20

And as for the asses, which were lost three days ago, be not solicitous, because they are found. And for whom shall be all the best things of Israel? Shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house?

1 Samuel 12:2

And now the king goeth before you. But I am old and greyheaded: and my sons are with you. Having then conversed with you from my youth unto this day, behold here I am.

1 Samuel 12:13

Now therefore your king is here, whom you have chosen and desired: Behold the Lord hath given you a king.

Judges 8:22

And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son's son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.

1 Samuel 10:19

But you this day have rejected your God, who only hath saved you out of all your evils and your tribulations; and you have said: Nay: but set a king over us. Now therefore stand before the Lord by your tribes, and by your families.