1Samuel:7-8

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* And the men of Kirjathjearim came , and fetched up the ark of the LORD , and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill , and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD . * And it came to pass , while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim , that the time was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD . * And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel , saying , If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts , then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you , and prepare your hearts unto the LORD , and serve him only : and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines . * Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth , and served the LORD only . * And Samuel said , Gather all Israel to Mizpeh , and I will pray for you unto the LORD . * And they gathered together to Mizpeh , and drew water , and poured it out before the LORD , and fasted on that day , and said there , We have sinned against the LORD . And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh . * And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh , the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel . And when the children of Israel heard it , they were afraid of the Philistines . * And the children of Israel said to Samuel , Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us , that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines . * And Samuel took a sucking lamb , and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD : and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel ; and the LORD heard him . * And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering , the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel : but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines , and discomfited them ; and they were smitten before Israel . * And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh , and pursued the Philistines , and smote them , until they came under Bethcar . * Then Samuel took a stone , and set it between Mizpeh and Shen , and called the name of it Ebenezer , saying , Hitherto hath the LORD helped us . * So the Philistines were subdued , and they came no more into the coast of Israel : and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel . * And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel , from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines . And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites . * And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life . * And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel , and Gilgal , and Mizpeh , and judged Israel in all those places . * And his return was to Ramah ; for there was his house ; and there he judged Israel ; and there he built an altar unto the LORD . * And it came to pass , when Samuel was old , that he made his sons judges over Israel . * Now the name of his firstborn was Joel ; and the name of his second , Abiah : they were judges in Beersheba . * And his sons walked not in his ways , but turned aside after lucre , and took bribes , and perverted judgment . * Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together , and came to Samuel unto Ramah , * 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 . * But the thing displeased Samuel , when they said , Give us a king to judge us . And Samuel prayed unto the LORD . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king . * 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 . * 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 . * And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries , and to be cooks , and to be bakers . * And he will take your fields , and your vineyards , and your oliveyards , even the best of them , and give them to his servants . * And he will take the tenth of your seed , and of your vineyards , and give to his officers , and to his servants . * And he will take your menservants , and your maidservants , and your goodliest young men , and your asses , and put them to his work . * He will take the tenth of your sheep : and ye shall be his servants . * 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 . * Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said , Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; * 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 . * And Samuel heard all the words of the people , and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD . * 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 . * Now there was a man of Benjamin , whose name was Kish , the son of Abiel , the son of Zeror , the son of Bechorath , the son of Aphiah , a Benjamite , a mighty man of power .

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