rsv 1Samuel:8:4-10 SEEK
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah ,
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and said to him , "
Behold ,
you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways ;
now appoint for us a king to govern us like all the nations ."
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But the thing displeased Samuel when they said , "
Give us a king to govern us ."
And Samuel prayed to the LORD .
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And the LORD said to Samuel , "
Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to you ;
for they have not rejected you ,
but they have rejected me from being king over them .
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According to all the deeds which they have done to me ,
from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day ,
forsaking me and serving other gods ,
so they are also doing to you .
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Now then ,
hearken to their voice ;
only ,
you shall solemnly warn them ,
and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them ."
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So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking a king from him .