8And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.H8050H2204H7760H1121H8199H3478

2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.H8034H1121H1060H3100H8034H4932H29H8199H884

3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.H1121H1980H1870H5186H310H1215H3947H7810H5186H4941

4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,H2205H3478H6908H935H8050H7414

5And 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.H559H2204H1121H1980H1870H7760H4428H8199H1471

6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. / displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes ofH1697H3415H5869H8050H559H5414H4428H8199H8050H6419H3068

7And 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.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H5971H559H3988H3988H4427

8According 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.H4639H6213H3117H5927H4714H3117H5800H5647H312H430H6213

9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. / hearken…: or, obey / howbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shaltH8085H6963H389H5749H5749H5046H4941H4428H4427

10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.H8050H559H1697H3068H5971H7592H4428

11And 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.H559H4941H4428H4427H3947H1121H7760H4818H6571H7323H6440H4818

12And 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.H7760H8269H505H8269H2572H2790H2758H7114H7105H6213H3627H4421H3627H7393

13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.H3947H1323H7548H2879H644

14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.H3947H7704H3754H2132H2896H5414H5650

15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. / officers: Heb. eunuchsH6237H2233H3754H5414H5631H5650

16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.H3947H5650H8198H2896H970H2543H6213H4399

17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.H6237H6629H5650

18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.H2199H3117H6440H4428H977H3068H6030H3117

19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;H5971H3985H8085H6963H8050H559H4428

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.H1471H4428H8199H3318H6440H3898H4421

21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.H8050H8085H1697H5971H1696H241H3068

22And the LORD 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.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H4427H4428H8050H559H582H3478H3212H376H5892