8When Samuel grew old, he made his sons judges in Israel.H8050H2204H7760H1121H8199H34782The older son was named Joel and the younger one Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.H8034H1121H1060H3100H8034H4932H29H8199H8843But they did not follow their father's example; they were interested only in making money, so they accepted bribes and did not decide cases honestly.H1121H1980H1870H5186H310H1215H3947H7810H5186H49414Then all the leaders of Israel met together, went to Samuel in Ramah,H2205H3478H6908H935H8050H74145and said to him, "Look, you are getting old and your sons don't follow your example. So then, appoint a king to rule over us, so that we will have a king, as other countries have."H559H2204H1121H1980H1870H7760H4428H8199H14716Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the LORD,H1697H3415H5869H8050H559H5414H4428H8199H8050H6419H30687and the LORD said, "Listen to everything the people say to you. You are not the one they have rejected; I am the one they have rejected as their king.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H5971H559H3988H3988H44278Ever since I brought them out of Egypt, they have turned away from me and worshiped other gods; and now they are doing to you what they have always done to me.H4639H6213H3117H5927H4714H3117H5800H5647H312H430H62139So then, listen to them, but give them strict warnings and explain how their kings will treat them."H8085H6963H389H5749H5749H5046H4941H4428H442710Samuel told the people who were asking him for a king everything that the LORD had said to him.H8050H559H1697H3068H5971H7592H442811"This is how your king will treat you," Samuel explained. "He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.H559H4941H4428H4427H3947H1121H7760H4818H6571H7323H6440H481812He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plow his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.H7760H8269H505H8269H2572H2790H2758H7114H7105H6213H3627H4421H3627H739313Your daughters will have to make perfumes for him and work as his cooks and his bakers.H3947H1323H7548H2879H64414He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.H3947H7704H3754H2132H2896H5414H565015He will take a tenth of your grain and of your grapes for his court officers and other officials.H6237H2233H3754H5414H5631H565016He will take your servants and your best cattle and donkeys, and make them work for him.H3947H5650H8198H2896H970H2543H6213H439917He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.H6237H6629H565018When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the LORD will not listen to your complaints."H2199H3117H6440H4428H977H3068H6030H311719The people paid no attention to Samuel, but said, "No! We want a king,H5971H3985H8085H6963H8050H559H442820so that we will be like other nations, with our own king to rule us and to lead us out to war and to fight our battles."H1471H4428H8199H3318H6440H3898H442121Samuel listened to everything they said and then went and told it to the LORD.H8050H8085H1697H5971H1696H241H306822The LORD answered, "Do what they want and give them a king." Then Samuel told all the men of Israel to go back home.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H4427H4428H8050H559H582H3478H3212H376H5892
