8 SHEMU'EL -1- SAMUEL 8
The Evil Government Of Shemu’El's Sons
1 ¶ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Yisrael.
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2 Now the name of his firstborn was Yoel; and the name of his second, AbiYah: [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.
The Yisraelites Ask For A King
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4 ¶ Then all the elders of Yisrael gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
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5 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your 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 to YAHWEH.
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7 And YAHWEH said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, 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 to this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.
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9 Now therefore hearken to their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
The Manner Of A King
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10 And Samuel told all the Word of YAHWEH to 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.
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14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best [of them], and give them to his servants.
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15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your best young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.
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18 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen you; and YAHWEH will not hear you in that day.
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19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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20 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.
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21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of YAHWEH.
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22 And YAHWEH said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Yisrael, Go you every man to his city.