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1 Samuel 8:22

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Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”
1 Samuel 8:22 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
  • BSB “Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
  • NKJV So the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed their voice, and make them a king.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Every man go to his city.”
  • NASB And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, every man to his city.”
  • NLT and the Lord replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • 1 Sam 8:7Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
  • Hos 13:11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 8:22 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the LORDיְהֹוָהsaidאָמַרto SamuelשְׁמוּאֵלHearkenשָׁמַעunto their voiceקוֹלand makeמָלַךְthem a kingמֶלֶךְAnd Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaidאָמַרunto the menאֱנוֹשׁof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלGoיָלַךְye every manאִישׁunto his cityעִיר
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