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now, appoint a king to us, to judge us, like all the nations.” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel when they have said, “Give a king to us, to judge us”; and Samuel prays to YHWH. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people, to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even to this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods—so they are also doing to you. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now, listen to their voice; only, surely you certainly protest to them, and have declared to them the custom of the king who reigns over them.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Samuel speaks all the words of YHWH to the people who are asking [for] a king from him, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and says, “This is the custom of the king who reigns over you: he takes your sons, and has appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots; <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he takes your daughters for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards—he takes the best, and has given to his servants. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he tithes your seed and your vineyards, and has given to his eunuchs, and to his servants. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and your donkeys, he takes, and has prepared for his own work; <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>he tithes your flock, and you are for servants to him. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And you have cried out in that day because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH does not answer you in that day.”<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the people refuse to listen to the voice of Samuel, and say, “No, but a king is over us, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king has judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.” <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Samuel hears all the words of the people, and speaks them in the ears of YHWH; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and YHWH says to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and you have caused a king to reign over them.” And Samuel says to the men of Israel, “Go, each man, to his city.” <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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