1 Samuel 8:4-5

8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah. 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.”

1 Samuel 8:19-22

8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. ²  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 ³  and fight our battles.”

8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. ⁴  8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ⁵  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).

[8:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”

[8:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[8:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”

[8:22]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”