“Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,”
1 Samuel 8:4 (KJV) |
1 Samuel 8:4
From 1 Samuel 8, in the Book of 1 Samuel (Old Testament).
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.