Berean Standard Bible

1 Samuel 8:9

“Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.””

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⁷And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

⁸Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

⁹Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

¹⁰So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

¹¹He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.

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