Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 1Sa 8:1 |
Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
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1Sa 8:2 |
The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; [they were] judges in Beersheba. |
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1Sa 8:3 |
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice. |
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1Sa 8:4 |
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, |
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1Sa 8:5 |
and said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations." |
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1Sa 8:6 |
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD. |
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1Sa 8:7 |
And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed 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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1Sa 8:8 |
"According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day--with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods--so they are doing to you also. |
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1Sa 8:9 |
"Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them." |
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1Sa 8:10 |
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king. |
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1Sa 8:11 |
And he said, "This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint [them] for his own chariots and [to be] his horsemen, and [some] will run before his chariots. |
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1Sa 8:12 |
"He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, [will set some] to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and [some] to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. |
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1Sa 8:13 |
"He will take your daughters [to be] perfumers, cooks, and bakers. |
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1Sa 8:14 |
"And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give [them] to his servants. |
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1Sa 8:15 |
"He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. |
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1Sa 8:16 |
"And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, [fn] and your donkeys, and put [them] to his work. |
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1Sa 8:17 |
"He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. |
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1Sa 8:18 |
"And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day." |
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1Sa 8:19 |
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No, but we will have a king over us, |
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1Sa 8:20 |
"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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1Sa 8:21 |
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the LORD. |
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1Sa 8:22 |
So the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed their voice, and make them a king." And Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Every man go to his city." |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (8:16) Septuagint reads cattle.
