1Samuel - Chapter 8 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 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: {cf15I 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 {cf15I them} for himself, for his chariots, and {cf15I to be} his horsemen; and {cf15I some} shall run before his chariots.
  • 12. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and {cf15I 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 {cf15I to be} confectionaries, and {cf15I to be} cooks, and {cf15I to be} bakers.
  • 14. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, {cf15I even} the best {cf15I of them}, and give {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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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