1 Samuel 8:7

8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. ¹  For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 8:22

8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ²  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done ³  everything you requested. ⁴  I have given you a king. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded ⁷  and what you said as well. ⁸  For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back ¹⁰  to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you ¹¹  and responded favorably.” ¹² 

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

[8:22]  ² tn Heb “listen to their voice.”

[12:1]  ³ tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”

[15:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[15:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[15:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your words.”

[15:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “and I listened to their voice.”

[25:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “up.”

[25:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your voice.”

[25:35]  ¹² tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”