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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