1 Samuel 8:5-7

8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead ¹  us, just like all the other nations have.”

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ²  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. 8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. ³  For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 8:19-22

8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. ⁴  Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us! 8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ⁵  and fight our battles.”

8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. ⁶  8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ⁷  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

[8:5]  ¹ tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “when.”

[8:7]  ³ tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

[8:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[8:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”

[8:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”