1 Samuel 8:9
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.”
מִשְׁפָּט
Justice, right judgment. Mishpat. Doing what is right and fair in every situation. Let justice roll on like a river. God requires mishpat from His people.
שָׁמַע
listen
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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עוּד
certainly to warn
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עוּד
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
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עַל
over/ them
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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מָלַךְ
he will reign
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מָלַךְ
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
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