1 Samuel 8:19
King James Version
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel 8:19 in context
1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel 8:19SELECTED VERSE
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel 8:20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1 Samuel 8:21
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.