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. 8:8 Just as they have done 4 from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.
1 tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).
2 tn Heb “when.”
3 tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”
4 tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”