ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 8
1. And it came to pass[H8050], when Samuel was old[H2204], that he made[H7760] his sons[H1121] judges[H8199] over Israel[H3478].
2. Now the name[H8034] of his first-born[H1121] was Joel[H3100]; and the name[H8034] of his second[H4932], Abijah[H29]: they were judges[H8199] in Beer-sheba[H884].
3. And his sons[H1121] walked[H1980] not in his ways[H1870], but turned aside[H5186] after[H310] lucre[H1215], and took[H3947] bribes[H7810], and perverted[H5186] justice[H4941].
4. Then all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478] gathered themselves together[H6908], and came[H935] to Samuel[H8050] unto Ramah[H7414];
5. and they said[H559] unto him[H2204], Behold, thou art old, and thy sons[H1121] walk[H1980] not in thy ways[H1870]: now make[H7760] us a king[H4428] to judge[H8199] us like all the nations[H1471].
6. But the thing[H1697] displeased[H3415] Samuel[H8050], when they said[H559], Give[H5414] us a king[H4428] to judge[H8199] us[H8050]. And Samuel prayed[H6419] unto Jehovah[H3068].
7. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Samuel[H8050], Hearken[H8085] unto the voice[H6963] of the people[H5971] in all that they say[H559] unto thee[H3988]; for they have not rejected thee[H3988], but they have rejected me[H4427], that I should not be king over them.
8. According to all the works[H4639] which they have done[H6213] since the day[H3117] that I brought them up[H5927] out of Egypt[H4714] even unto this day[H3117], in that they have forsaken[H5800] me[H5647], and served other[H312] gods[H430], so do they also unto thee[H6213].
9. Now therefore hearken[H8085] unto their voice[H6963]: howbeit[H389] thou shalt protest[H5749] solemnly[H5749] unto them[H5046], and shalt show them the manner[H4941] of the king[H4428] that shall reign over them[H4427].
10. And Samuel[H8050] told[H559] all the words[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] unto the people[H5971] that asked[H7592] of him a king[H4428].
11. And he said[H559], This will be the manner[H4941] of the king[H4428] that shall reign[H4427] over you[H3947]: he will take your sons[H1121], and appoint[H7760] them unto him[H4818], for his chariots, and to be his horsemen[H6571]; and they shall run[H7323] before[H6440] his chariots[H4818];
12. and he will appoint[H7760] them unto him for captains[H8269] of thousands[H505], and captains[H8269] of fifties[H2572]; and he will set some to plow[H2790] his ground[H2758], and to reap[H7114] his harvest[H7105], and to make[H6213] his instruments[H3627] of war[H4421], and the instruments[H3627] of his chariots[H7393].
13. And he will take[H3947] your daughters[H1323] to be perfumers[H7548], and to be cooks[H2879], and to be bakers[H644].
14. And he will take[H3947] your fields[H7704], and your vineyards[H3754], and your oliveyards[H2132], even the best[H2896] of them[H5414], and give them to his servants[H5650].
15. And he will take the tenth[H6237] of your seed[H2233], and of your vineyards[H3754], and give[H5414] to his officers[H5631], and to his servants[H5650].
16. And he will take[H3947] your men-servants[H5650], and your maid-servants[H8198], and your goodliest[H2896] young men[H970], and your asses[H2543], and put[H6213] them to his work[H4399].
17. He will take the tenth[H6237] of your flocks[H6629]: and ye shall be his servants[H5650].
18. And ye shall cry out[H2199] in that day[H3117] because[H6440] of your king[H4428] whom ye shall have chosen[H977] you[H3068]; and Jehovah will not answer[H6030] you in that day[H3117].
19. But the people[H5971] refused[H3985] to hearken[H8085] unto the voice[H6963] of Samuel[H8050]; and they said[H559], Nay[H4428]: but we will have a king over us,
20. that we also may be like all the nations[H1471], and that our king[H4428] may judge[H8199] us[H3318], and go out before[H6440] us[H3898], and fight our battles[H4421].
21. And Samuel[H8050] heard[H8085] all the words[H1697] of the people[H5971], and he rehearsed[H1696] them in the ears[H241] of Jehovah[H3068].
22. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] to Samuel[H8050], Hearken[H8085] unto their voice[H6963], and make[H4427] them a king[H4428]. And Samuel[H8050] said[H559] unto the men[H582] of Israel[H3478], Go[H3212] ye every man[H582] unto his city[H5892].
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