“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.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 8 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.