1 Samuel 8:7 · WEB
“Yahweh said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.”
— 1 Samuel 8:7
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Judges (~1200 BC)
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resting
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divine_speech
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Commanddivine perspectiverejection of Godobedience
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