1 Samuel 8:4
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Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

1 Samuel 7:17
And he returned to Ramatha: for there was his house, and there he judged Israel: he built also there an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:10
Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,

1 Samuel 11:3
And the ancients of Jabes said to him: Allow us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the coasts of Israel: and if there be no one to defend us, we will come out to thee.

2 Samuel 3:17
Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you.

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Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

the elders

Exodus 3:16 Go and gather together the ancients of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying: Visiting I have visited you; and I have seen all that hath befallen you in Egypt.

Exodus 24:1 And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.

2 Samuel 5:3 The ancients also of Israel came to the king of Hebron, and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel.

Context
Israel Demands a King
3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.…
Lexicon
So all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the elders
זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

gathered together
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ (way·yiṯ·qab·bə·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6908: To gather, collect

and came
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

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

at Ramah.
הָרָמָֽתָה׃ (hā·rā·mā·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7414: Ramah -- 'height', the name of several places in Israel


Additional Translations
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah:

Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,
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