1 Samuel 8:5

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And they will say to him, Behold, thou wert old, and thy sons went not in thy ways: now set up for us a king to judge us as all the nations.

Cross References

Numbers 23:9

From the head of the rocks I shall see him, and from the hills I shall look after him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Acts 13:21

And thence they desired a king; and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

Judges 8:22

And the men of Israel will say to Gideon, Rule over us, also thou, also thy son, also thy son's son: for thou savedst us from the hand of Midian.

1 Samuel 10:19

And ye this day rejected your God who himself saves you from all your evils and your straits; and ye will say to him, That thou shalt put a king over us. And now stand ye before Jehovah by your tribes and by your thousands.

1 Samuel 12:13

And now, behold the king which ye chose, which ye asked! and behold, Jehovah gave a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not the harvest of wheat this day? I will call to Jehovah and he will give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your wickedness is great which ye did in the eyes of Jehovah to ask for you a king.

1 Samuel 12:2

And now, behold, the king going before you: and I grew old and I was gray-headed; and my sons, behold them with you: and I went before you from my youth even to this day.

1 Samuel 9:20

And for the asses lost to thee this day three days, thou shall not set thy heart upon them, for they have been found. And to whom all the desire of Israel? is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?