That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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Interpretation
If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is.
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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 8:19-22.