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1 Samuel 8:20-22
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20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us[a] and fight our battles.”

21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.[b] 22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say[c] and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 8:20 tn Heb “and go out before us.”
  2. 1 Samuel 8:21 tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”
  3. 1 Samuel 8:22 tn Heb “listen to their voice.”
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