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and the name of his second, Abijah; 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 justice. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And 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.’ <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 unto the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And 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. <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 up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken Me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now 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.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto 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 unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, 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 oliveyards, 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 goodliest 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 flocks; and ye shall 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 whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: ‘Nay; but there shall be 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 spoke 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 unto their voice, and make them a king.’ And Samuel said unto the men of Israel: ‘Go ye every man unto his city.’</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_samuel/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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