Bible verse
Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 8.
17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
21 Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
22 “Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
KJV
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
ASV
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.
ERV
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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