1Samuel:8

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* And it came to pass , when Samuel was old , that he made his sons judges over Israel Yisra #el #. * Now the name of his firstborn ben # was Joel Yow #el #; and the name of his second , Abiah : they were judges in Beersheba B @#er . * 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 Sh @muw #el #, when they said , Give us a king to judge us . And Samuel prayed unto the LORD . * And the LORD said unto Samuel Sh @muw #el #, 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 m @la #kah #. * He will take the tenth of your sheep tso #n #: 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 Sh @muw #el #; 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 Sh @muw #el #, Hearken unto their voice , and make them a king . And Samuel said unto the men of Israel Yisra #el #, Go ye every man unto his city .

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