19 The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. 20 Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us,(A) and fight our battles.”

21 Samuel listened to all the people’s words and then repeated them to the Lord.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 8:21 Lit them in the Lord’s ears

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