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1 And it came to pass, when
Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel;
and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but
turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the elders of
Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when
they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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.
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.
9 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.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the
LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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.
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.
13 And he will take your daughters to
be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your
vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them
to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your
seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and
your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them
to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep:
and ye shall be his servants.
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.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey
the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the
people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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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