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1 Samuel 8:21

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

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¹⁹Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

²⁰Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

²¹Samuel 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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