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And it
came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made
his sons judges over Israel.
02 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and
the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges
in Beersheba.
03 And his sons walked not in his ways, but
turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and
perverted judgment.
04 Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to Samuel unto
Ramah,
05 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.
06 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they
said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel
prayed unto the Lord.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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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