1 Samuel 8:21

21 Samuel, après avoir entendu toutes les paroles du peuple, les redit aux oreilles de l'Eternel.

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.

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1 Samuel 8:21 In-Context

19 Le peuple refusa d'écouter la voix de Samuel. Non! dirent-ils, mais il y aura un roi sur nous,
20 et nous aussi nous serons comme toutes les nations; notre roi nous jugera il marchera à notre tête et conduira nos guerres.
21 Samuel, après avoir entendu toutes les paroles du peuple, les redit aux oreilles de l'Eternel.
22 Et l'Eternel dit à Samuel: Ecoute leur voix, et établis un roi sur eux. Et Samuel dit aux hommes d'Israël: Allez-vous-en chacun dans sa ville.
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