1 Samuel 8
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- And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made
his sons judges over Israel.
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- Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of
his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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- And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside
after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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- Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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- 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.
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- But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us
a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them.
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- And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the
people that asked of him a king.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries,
and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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- And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and
your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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- And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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- And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to
his work.
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- He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be
his servants.
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- 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.
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- Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of
Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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- 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.
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- And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he
rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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- 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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