1 Samuel 8:22

New International Version

²²The Lord answered, “Listen^(A) to them and give them a king.”

Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”

1 Samuel 8:22

New King James Version

²²So the Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“Heed their voice, and make them a king.”

And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Every man go to his city.”

12 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened^(A) to everything you said to me and have set a king^(B) over you.

12 Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have ^[a]heeded ^(A)your voice in all that you said to me, and ^(B)have made a king over you.

New International Version (NIV)