“They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.””

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.