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1 Samuel 8 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Israel Requests a King

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:1 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:5 - “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Samuel Warns against a Kingdom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:10 - So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - Some will be generals and captains in his army,[fn] some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:13 - The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14 - He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle[fn] and donkeys for his own use.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:18 - When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
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NLT Footnotes
Hebrew commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties.
As in Greek version; Hebrew reads young men.
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1 Samuel Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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