1 SAMUEL 8:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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 the LORD said to Samuel: Listen to their voice and make them a king. Samuel then said to the men of Israel: Go every man to his own city—the divine acquiescence (*shema le-kolam*, listen to their voice) marks the *turning point* from theocratic governance to monarchy. Samuel's *lekhu ish le-iro* (go every man to his city) dismisses the assembly, ending the national covenant renewal. The transition to kingship begins, though not without prophetic warning of its costs.
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