Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We must have a king over us. Cross References Deuteronomy 17:14 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, "Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us," 1 Samuel 12:12 But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we must have a king to rule over us'--even though the LORD your God was your king. Isaiah 66:4 So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight." Jeremiah 44:16 "As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! Treasury of Scripture Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us; refused to obey Psalm 81:11 Jeremiah 7:13 Jeremiah 44:16 |