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1SA-8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made
his
sons judges over Israel.
1SA-8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of
his
second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.
1SA-8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside
after
lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
1SA-8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together,
and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
1SA-8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons
walk
not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the
nations.
1SA-8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give
us a
king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1SA-8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of
the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not
rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign
over them.
1SA-8:8 According to all the works which they have done since
the
day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day,
wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do
they
also unto thee.
1SA-8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
protest
solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that
shall
reign over them.
1SA-8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the
people
that asked of him a king.
1SA-8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that
shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them]
for
himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some]
shall run before his chariots.
1SA-8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and
captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground,
and to
reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots.
1SA-8:13 And he will take your daughters [to be]
confectionaries,
and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
1SA-8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and
your
oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his
servants.
1SA-8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1SA-8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants,
and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to
his
work.
1SA-8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be
his
servants.
1SA-8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king
which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in
that day.
1SA-8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of
Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1SA-8:20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our
king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1SA-8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he
rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
1SA-8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice,
and
make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye
every man unto his city.
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