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1 Samuel 8:7
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because (A)they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
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1 Samuel 8:7
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)
1 Samuel 8:7
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1 Samuel 8:7
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7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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1 Samuel 8:9
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1 Samuel 8:9
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9 Now then, listen to their voice; (A)however, you shall warn them strongly and tell them of (B)the [a]practice of the king who will reign over them.”
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1 Samuel 8:9
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1 Samuel 8:9
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9 Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know(A) what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
1 Samuel 8:9
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1 Samuel 8:9
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9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
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1 Samuel 8:22
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1 Samuel 8:22
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22 And the Lord said to Samuel, “(A)Listen to their voice and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, every man to his city.”
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1 Samuel 8:22
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1 Samuel 8:22
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22 The Lord answered, “Listen(A) to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
1 Samuel 8:22
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1 Samuel 8:22
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22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
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