21 Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, (A)he repeated them in the Lord’s hearing. 22 The Lord said to Samuel, “(B)Listen to their voice and (a)appoint them a king.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

Footnotes:

a. 1 Samuel 8:22: ['Lit ', cause a king to reign for them]

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