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1 Samuel 8

22 verses · King James Version

  1. 1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:1
  2. 2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: judges in Beer-sheba.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:2
  3. 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:3
  4. 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:4
  5. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:5
  6. 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:6
  7. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:7
  8. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:8
  9. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:9
  10. 10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:10
  11. 11And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and shall run before his chariots.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:11
  12. 12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:12
  13. 13And he will take your daughters confectionaries, and cooks, and bakers.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:13
  14. 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best and give to his servants.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:14
  15. 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:15
  16. 16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put to his work.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:16
  17. 17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:17
  18. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:18
  19. 19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:19
  20. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:20
  21. 21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:21
  22. 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.Compare translations of 1 Samuel 8:22