In these last days, the Bible predicts a turning away from biblical truth.

In order to combat false teachings that are running rampant and a growing lack of biblical literacy,

Behold Israel provides weekly public readings of Scripture to equip you with the pure Word of God,

read in an international community with interaction and application.

Each week, we host different guests from all walks of

life. Our original readings can be found on our Behold Israel community channel on YouTube or on our

Facebook channel. These are audio versions created to make it convenient for your busy schedule.

Now on to our readings. And welcome once again, like I promised last week, we are going to

continue in First Samuel. We are going to be looking at the Israelites wanting a king for the first time.

And we're here in the studio at Connect. I just landed here last night. And it's great to be again

with you, Amir, in our studio.

Hey, Joe, Mike. Good to have you here. We always love your visits here. And I can't wait to dive

with you into First Samuel 8. Yep, let's pray. And we're going to dive straight in. We've been doing

these direct, jump straight into the text. and it's proven to be very beneficial.

Lord, thank you for your word.

Bless it now, speak to us, challenge us, and allow us to walk away with personal application

as well.

Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

So the nation of Israel has not yet had any king before besides God.

And God was using obviously the prophets as a way to communicate to the nation.

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