1 Samuel 8:22

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord said: Listen to them! Appoint a king to rule over them. Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, “Return, each one of you, to your own city.”

Cross References

Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in my anger, and I take him away in my wrath.

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord said: Listen to whatever the people say. You are not the one they are rejecting. They are rejecting me as their king.

1 Samuel 9:1

There was a powerful man from Benjamin named Kish, who was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite.