1 SAMUEL 8:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said: No! But we will have a king over us, 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—the *ma'anu* (the people refused) marks their *stubborn* rejection of warning. The *yesu melek* (we will have a king) is preceded by reasons both imitative (*kenishal ha-goyim*, like all nations) and functionalist (*yishpot anu*, judge us) and martial (*yilachem et-mil'chamotenu*, fight our battles). The desire for human leadership and military security overrides covenant awareness.
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