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They were judges in Beersheba. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.” <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Samuel’s Warning<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> and donkeys and put them to his own use. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.” <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">God Grants the Request<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.” <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” <p class="reg"> Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>governors</i> or <i>leaders</i>; similarly in verses 2, 5, 6, and 20<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>your best young men</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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