1 Samuel 8:21

21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:21 in Other Translations

21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

21 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.

21 So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,

21 Samuel took in what they said and rehearsed it with God.

21 Samuel listened to all the people's words and then repeated them to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:21

And Samuel heard all the words of the people
Patiently, and without interruption; attentively heard them, took notice of them, laid them up in his memory; but gave no answer to them, but reported them to the Lord, as in the next clause:

and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord;
privately, in a free and familiar manner, with great exactness, as they were expressed; this he did, not before the people publicly, but in secret prayer, seeking for direction what he should further do, or what answer he should return to them.

1 Samuel 8:21 In-Context

19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.

20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.

22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”

Cross References

• 1. S Judges 11:11