And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Adam Clarke
Rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord - He went to the altar, and in his secret devotion laid the whole business before God.
We have here the starting of a matter perfectly new and surprising, which was the setting up of kingly government in Israel. Perhaps the thing had been often talked of among them by those that were…
Cambridge Bible
he rehearsed them i.e. repeated them. -Rehearse" is derived from Fr. reherser, to harrow over again. Samuel once more laid the matter before Jehovah in prayer, and again received the same answer.
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