1Samuel:8:5-22
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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 .
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But the thing displeased Samuel Sh @
muw #
el #,
when they said ,
Give us a king to judge us .
And Samuel prayed unto the LORD .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king .
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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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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 .
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And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries ,
and to be cooks ,
and to be bakers .
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And he will take your fields ,
and your vineyards ,
and your oliveyards ,
even the best of them ,
and give them to his servants .
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And he will take the tenth of your seed ,
and of your vineyards ,
and give to his officers ,
and to his servants .
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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 #.
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He will take the tenth of your sheep tso #
n #:
and ye shall be his servants .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people ,
and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD .
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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 #
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Go ye every man unto his city .