1 Samuel 8:1-13
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1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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5 And 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.
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6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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7 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 reign over them.
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8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
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10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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11 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 shall run before his chariots.
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12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.