81 Samuel 8

1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.Select 1 Samuel 8:1

2Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.Select 1 Samuel 8:2

3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.Select 1 Samuel 8:3

4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.Select 1 Samuel 8:4

5And they 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.'Select 1 Samuel 8:5

6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said: 'Give us a king to judge us.' And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.Select 1 Samuel 8:6

7And 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 be king over them.Select 1 Samuel 8:7

8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken Me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.Select 1 Samuel 8:8

9Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'Select 1 Samuel 8:9

10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.Select 1 Samuel 8:10

11And he said: 'This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.Select 1 Samuel 8:11

12And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.Select 1 Samuel 8:12

13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.Select 1 Samuel 8:13

14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.Select 1 Samuel 8:14

15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.Select 1 Samuel 8:15

16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.Select 1 Samuel 8:16

17He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.Select 1 Samuel 8:17

18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'Select 1 Samuel 8:18

19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: 'Nay; but there shall be a king over us;Select 1 Samuel 8:19

20that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.'Select 1 Samuel 8:20

21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of the LORD.Select 1 Samuel 8:21

22And 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.'Select 1 Samuel 8:22