But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
"He repeated them in the ears of the Lord"  (1 Samuel 8:21).  Fred Young has an interesting comment on this.  "The word `repeated' here is also translated `rehearsed'; and the word comes from Old French word "rehercier" meaning `to harrow over again.' Samuel once more went over the matter as a farmer harrowing again a plot before planting it."[10]