Daily Readings in the Bible 1 Samuel 4-8

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 Sam. 8:7). That was the Lords response to Samuel when Israel demanded a king. They hadnt rejected Samuels leadership, they had rejected the Lords kingship.

Israel was supposed to be a theocracy, a nation whose king was the Lord. Rather than have the Lord rule over them, they wanted to be like all the other nations (1 Sam. 8:5)....