1 Samuel 8:22

Good News Translation

The Lord answered, “Do what they want and give them a king.” Then Samuel told all the men of Israel to go back home.

Cross References

Hosea 13:11

In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.

1 Samuel 8:7

and the Lord said, “Listen to everything the people say to you. You are not the one they have rejected; I am the one they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 9:1

There was a wealthy and influential man named Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin; he was the son of Abiel and grandson of Zeror, and belonged to the family of Becorath, a part of the clan of Aphiah.