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1 Samuel 8:21
Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.
1 Samuel 8:21 · Bible in Basic English
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1 Samuel 8:21 in other translations
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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In context
18 Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.
19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
20 So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
21 Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.
22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.
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