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Chapter 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. |
3
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside
after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
4
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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. |
6
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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. |
9
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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. |
10
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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. |
14
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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. |
15
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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. |
18
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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. |
