שמואל א 8:20
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.
Context
This verse from שמואל א Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Samuel's sons are corrupt judges; Israel demands a king 'like all the nations.' God tells Samuel this is a rejection of God's kingship, not Samuel's; he instructs Samuel to warn them about the ways of a king—military conscription, taking their …
תרגומים נוספים
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.
and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
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