8Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.H8050H2204H7760H1121H8199H3478 2The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.H8034H1121H1060H3100H8034H4932H29H8199H884 3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.H1121H1980H1870H5186H310H1215H3947H7810H5186H4941 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,H2205H3478H6908H935H8050H7414 5and 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."H559H2204H1121H1980H1870H7760H4428H8199H1471 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD.H1697H3415H5869H8050H559H5414H4428H8199H8050H6419H3068 7And 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.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H5971H559H3988H3988H4427 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.H4639H6213H3117H5927H4714H3117H5800H5647H312H430H6213 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."H8085H6963H389H5749H5749H5046H4941H4428H4427 10So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked him for a king.H8050H559H1697H3068H5971H7592H4428 11And 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.H559H4941H4428H4427H3947H1121H7760H4818H6571H7323H6440H4818 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.H7760H8269H505H8269H2572H2790H2758H7114H7105H6213H3627H4421H3627H7393 13"He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.H3947H1323H7548H2879H644 14"And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.H3947H7704H3754H2132H2896H5414H5650 15"He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.H6237H2233H3754H5414H5631H5650 16"And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.H3947H5650H8198H2896H970H2543H6213H4399 17"He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.H6237H6629H5650 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."H2199H3117H6440H4428H977H3068H6030H3117 19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No, 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 repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.H8050H8085H1697H5971H1696H241H3068 22So 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."H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H4427H4428H8050H559H582H3478H3212H376H5892
