Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Samuel 8:21

"And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah." — 1 Samuel 8:21 (ASV)

In the ears of the Lord. —Again the seer returns from the council chamber, where he had met the elders of the people, to some quiet spot, probably the sanctuary he had set up in his own “Ramah of the Watchers,” where he poured out his heart before his God-Friend.