1 Samuel 8 — ASVBT
8Verse 1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.Verse 2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.Verse 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.Verse 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;Verse 5and 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.Verse 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.Verse 7And Jehovah 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.Verse 8According 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.Verse 9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.Verse 10And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.Verse 11And 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;Verse 12and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.Verse 13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.Verse 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.Verse 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.Verse 16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.Verse 17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.Verse 18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.Verse 19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,Verse 20that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.Verse 21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.Verse 22And Jehovah 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.