Book of Samuel I - Chapter 8 (KJV)

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1 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7480/trans=KJV.html)And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7481/trans=KJV.html)Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. 3 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7482/trans=KJV.html)And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7483/trans=KJV.html)Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7484/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7485/trans=KJV.html)But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7486/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7487/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7488/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7489/trans=KJV.html)And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7490/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7491/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7492/trans=KJV.html)And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7493/trans=KJV.html)And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7494/trans=KJV.html)And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7495/trans=KJV.html)And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7496/trans=KJV.html)He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7497/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7498/trans=KJV.html)Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7499/trans=KJV.html)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 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7500/trans=KJV.html)And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 (http://www.mybiblescripture.com/Bible/l_op=view-verse/lid=7501/trans=KJV.html)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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