1 Samuel 8:21

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spake them in the ears of the Lord.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

In Context

20and (then) we also shall be as all folks (or and then we shall be like all the other nations), and our king shall deem us, and he shall go out before us, and he shall fight our battles for us.

22And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear thou their voices, and ordain thou a king upon them. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each man go into his city (or Now everyone go home).

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Cross References

Judges 11:11And so Jephthah went with the princes of Gilead, and all the people made him their prince; and Jephthah spake all his words (again) before the Lord in Mizpeh.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22

The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →

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