King James Version
1 Samuel 8:7 KJV
“And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
Theocracy
1 Samuel 8 — Context
1 Samuel 8:6 — “But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. displeased...”
1 Samuel 8:7 — “And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:8 — “According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wh...”