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1 # And it came to pass, when Samuel <08050> was old <02204> (8804), that he made <07760> (8799) his sons <01121> judges <08199> (8802) over Israel <03478>.
2 Now the name <08034> of his firstborn <01121> <01060> was Joel <03100>; and the name <08034> of his second <04932>, Abiah <029>: they were judges <08199> (8802) in Beersheba <0884>.
3 And his sons <01121> walked <01980> (8804) not in his ways <01870>, but turned aside <05186> (8799) after <0310> lucre <01215>, and took <03947> (8799) bribes <07810>, and perverted <05186> (8686) judgment <04941>.
4 # Then all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> gathered themselves together <06908> (8691), and came <0935> (8799) to Samuel <08050> unto Ramah <07414>,
5 And said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold, thou art old <02204> (8804), and thy sons <01121> walk <01980> (8804) not in thy ways <01870>: now make <07760> (8798) us a king <04428> to judge <08199> (8800) us like all the nations <01471>.
6 But the thing <01697> displeased <03415> (8799) <05869> Samuel <08050>, when they said <0559> (8804), Give <05414> (8798) us a king <04428> to judge <08199> (8800) us. And Samuel <08050> prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>.
7 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Samuel <08050>, Hearken <08085> (8798) unto the voice <06963> of the people <05971> in all that they say <0559> (8799) unto thee: for they have not rejected <03988> (8804) thee, but they have rejected <03988> (8804) me, that I should not reign <04427> (8800) over them.
8 According to all the works <04639> which they have done <06213> (8804) since the day <03117> that I brought them up <05927> (8687) out of Egypt <04714> even unto this day <03117>, wherewith they have forsaken <05800> (8799) me, and served <05647> (8799) other <0312> gods <0430>, so do <06213> (8802) they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken <08085> (8798) unto their voice <06963>: howbeit <0389> yet protest <05749> (8686) solemnly <05749> (8687) unto them, and shew <05046> (8689) them the manner <04941> of the king <04428> that shall reign <04427> (8799) over them.
10 And Samuel <08050> told <0559> (8799) all the words <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto the people <05971> that asked <07592> (8802) of him a king <04428>.
11 And he said <0559> (8799), This will be the manner <04941> of the king <04428> that shall reign <04427> (8799) over you: He will take <03947> (8799) your sons <01121>, and appoint <07760> (8804) them for himself, for his chariots <04818>, and to be his horsemen <06571>; and some shall run <07323> (8804) before <06440> his chariots <04818> .
12 And he will appoint <07760> (8800) him captains <08269> over thousands <0505>, and captains <08269> over fifties <02572>; and will set them to ear <02790> (8800) his ground <02758>, and to reap <07114> (8800) his harvest <07105>, and to make <06213> (8800) his instruments <03627> of war <04421>, and instruments <03627> of his chariots <07393> .
13 And he will take <03947> (8799) your daughters <01323> to be confectionaries <07548>, and to be cooks <02879>, and to be bakers <0644> (8802).
14 And he will take <03947> (8799) your fields <07704>, and your vineyards <03754>, and your oliveyards <02132> , even the best <02896> of them, and give <05414> (8804) them to his servants <05650>.
15 And he will take the tenth <06237> (8799) of your seed <02233>, and of your vineyards <03754>, and give <05414> (8804) to his officers <05631>, and to his servants <05650>.
16 And he will take <03947> (8799) your menservants <05650>, and your maidservants <08198>, and your goodliest <02896> young men <0970>, and your asses <02543>, and put <06213> (8804) them to his work <04399>.
17 He will take the tenth <06237> (8799) of your sheep <06629>: and ye shall be his servants <05650>.
18 And ye shall cry out <02199> (8804) in that day <03117> because <06440> of your king <04428> which ye shall have chosen <0977> (8804) you; and the LORD <03068> will not hear <06030> (8799) you in that day <03117>.
19 Nevertheless the people <05971> refused <03985> (8762) to obey <08085> (8800) the voice <06963> of Samuel <08050>; and they said <0559> (8799), Nay; but we will have a king <04428> over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations <01471>; and that our king <04428> may judge <08199> (8804) us, and go out <03318> (8804) before <06440> us, and fight <03898> (8738) our battles <04421>.
21 And Samuel <08050> heard <08085> (8799) all the words <01697> of the people <05971>, and he rehearsed <01696> (8762) them in the ears <0241> of the LORD <03068>.
22 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) to Samuel <08050>, Hearken <08085> (8798) unto their voice <06963>, and make <04427> (8689) them a king <04428>. And Samuel <08050> said <0559> (8799) unto the men <0582> of Israel <03478>, Go <03212> (8798) ye every man <0376> unto his city <05892>.