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1 Samuel 8:21

1 Samuel 8:21 is verse 21 of 1 Samuel chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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1 Samuel 8:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible

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.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

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