◄ 1 Samuel 8:22 ►
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Good News Translation
The LORD answered, "Do what they want and give them a king." Then Samuel told all the men of Israel to go back home.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and set a king over them.” Samuel then said to the people of Israel, “Each of you return home.”

Contemporary English Version
"Do what they want," the LORD answered. "Give them a king." Samuel told the people to go back to their homes.

New American Bible
The LORD said: Listen to them! Appoint a king to rule over them. Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, “Return, each one of you, to your own city.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.

1 Samuel 8:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

Hosea 13:11 I will give thee a king in my wrath, and will take him away in my indignation.

Context
God Grants the Request
…21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. 22And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Samuel 9:1
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong.

1 Samuel 8:21
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