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1 Samuel 8:19-20

19Nevertheless the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971refusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּvay.ma.'a.NuH3985to obeyלִשְׁמֹ֖עַlish.Mo.a'H8085the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050;and they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Nay; but we will have a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428over us;

20That we also may be like all the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471;and that our kingמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙mal.Ke.nuH4428may judgeוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּu.she.fa.Ta.nuH8199us, and go outוְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'H3318beforeלְפָנֵ֔ינוּle.fa.Nei.nuH6440us, and fightוְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.ChamH3898our battlesמִלְחֲמֹתֵֽנוּ׃mil.cha.mo.Te.nuH4421.

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
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Darby Translation Notes
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Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
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