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792 B
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19 lines
792 B
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# But it displeased Samuel ... Give us a king to judge us
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Samuel was unhappy that the people did not just want him to remove his corrupt sons and to appoint honest judges, but they wanted a king to rule over them like other countries had.
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# Obey the voice of the people
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Here "the voice" is a metonym for the will or the desire of the people. AT: "Do what the people say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# but they have rejected me
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Yahweh knew that the people were not just rejecting corrupt judges, but they were rejecting Yahweh as their king.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/reject]] |