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and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And said to 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them out of Egypt even to this day, by which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.</p> <p class="hdg">Samuel's Warning About Kings</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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 will run before his chariots. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.</p> <p class="hdg">God Grants the Request</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. 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