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