1 Samuel 8:19
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But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

refused to obey

Psalm 81:11 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:

Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Context
God Grants the Request
19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,20And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:14
When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about:

1 Samuel 12:12
But seeing that Naas, king of the children of Ammon, was come against you, you said to me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us: whereas the Lord your God was your king.

Isaiah 66:4
Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and will bring upon them the things they feared: because I called, and there was none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.

Jeremiah 44:16
As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Lexicon
Nevertheless, the people
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

refused
וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ (way·mā·’ă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3985: To refuse

to listen
לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ (liš·mō·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

to Samuel.
שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

“No!”
לֹּ֔א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

they said.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“We must have
יִֽהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a king
מֶ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

over us.
עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

But the people would not hearken to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king over us,

And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,
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