Deuteronomy 17:14

New Century Version

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, taking it as your own and living in it, you will say, “Let’s appoint a king over us like the nations all around us.”

Cross References

Leviticus 14:34

“I am giving the land of Canaan to your people. When they enter that land, if I cause mildew to grow in someone’s house in that land,

Numbers 33:53

Take over the land and settle there, because I have given this land to you to own.

Deuteronomy 11:31

You will soon cross the Jordan River to enter and take the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and live there,

Deuteronomy 18:9

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the hateful things the other nations do.

Deuteronomy 26:1

When you go into the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own, to take it over and live in it,

Deuteronomy 26:9

Then he brought us to this place and gave us this fertile land.

Deuteronomy 7:1

The Lord your God will bring you into the land that you are entering and that you will have as your own. As you go in, he will force out these nations: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—seven nations that are stronger than you.

Joshua 1:13

“Remember what Moses, the servant of the Lord, told you. He said the Lord your God would give you rest and would give you this land.

Joshua 21:43

So the Lord gave the people all the land he had promised their ancestors. The people took the land and lived there.

1 Samuel 10:19

But now you have rejected your God. He saves you from all your troubles and problems, but you said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us.’ Now come, stand before the Lord in your tribes and family groups.”

1 Samuel 10:25

Samuel explained the rights and duties of the king and then wrote them in a book and put it before the Lord. Then he told the people to go to their homes.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants! Don’t let us die! We’ve added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 16:3

Invite Jesse to the sacrifice. Then I will tell you what to do. You must appoint the one I show you.”

1 Samuel 8:11

Samuel said, “If you have a king ruling over you, this is what he will do: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and his horses, and they will run in front of the king’s chariot.