1 Samuel 8:19
“¶ Neuerthelesse, the people refused to obey the voyce of Samuel; and they said, Nay, but we will haue a King ouer vs:”
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1 Samuel 8:19 Context
17Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants. 18And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall haue chosen you; and the Lord will not heare you in that day. 19¶ Neuerthelesse, the people refused to obey the voyce of Samuel; and they said, Nay, but we will haue a King ouer vs: 20That we also may be like all the nations, and that our King may iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels. 21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the eares of the Lord.
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Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
- King James Version
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but there shall be a king over us,
- New American Standard Version (1995)