1 Samuel 8
8
Israel Demands a King
1And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. 2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba. 3His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5and said to him, “Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us [and rule over us] like all the other nations.” 6But their demand #8:6 Lit was evil in the eyes of.displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge and rule over us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them. 8Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have abandoned (rejected) Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. 9So now listen to their voice; only solemnly warn them and tell them the ways of the king who will reign over them.”
Warning concerning a King
10So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself to his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. 12He will appoint them for himself to be commanders over thousands and over fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. 15He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. 17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves shall be his servants. 18Then you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day [because you have rejected Him as King].”
19Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us, 20so that we too may be like all the nations [around us], that our king may judge [and govern] us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 21Samuel had heard all the words of the people and repeated them #8:21 Lit in the Lord’s hearing.to the Lord. 22And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their #8:22 Lit voice.request and appoint a king for them.” So Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Go, each man to his own city.”
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1 Samuel 8
8
Israel Demands a King
1#Dt 16:18–19And it came about when Samuel was old, that he installed his sons as judges for Israel. 2Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judging in Beersheba. 3#Dt 16:19; Ps 15:5But his sons did not walk in his way, for they followed after unlawful gain, and they took bribes, and they perverted justice.
4#1Sa 7:17And all the elders of Israel gathered together and they came to Samuel at Ramah. 5#Dt 17:14–15; 1Sa 8:19–20They said to him, “You are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now, install for us a king to govern us like all the nations.”
6#1Sa 15:11; 12:17But the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, because they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7#Ex 16:8; 1Sa 10:19The Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in relation to all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but Me they have rejected from reigning over them. 8Just as all the deeds which they have done to Me, from the day I brought them up from Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken Me and have served other gods, so they are doing also to you now. 9#1Sa 8:11–18; 10:25Now then, obey their voice. Only you will testify against them and proclaim to them the judgment concerning the king who will reign over them.”
10So Samuel said all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking from him a king. 11#1Sa 10:25; 14:52And he said, “This will be the judgment concerning the king who will reign over you: Your sons he will take in order to place them for himself in his chariots and as his horsemen, and they will run before his chariot, 12and in order to assign for himself captains of thousands and captains of fifties, and to plow his ground, and to gather in his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13And your daughters he will take for perfumers, and cooks, and bakers. 14#1Ki 21:7; Eze 46:18And your choicest fields, and vineyards, and olive groves he will take and give them to his servants. 15And of your seed fields and your vineyards he will take a tenth of their harvest and will give it to his high officials and to his servants. 16And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and asses he will take and make do his work. 17Your flocks he will take a tenth of, but you will be his for slaves. 18#Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4And you will cry out in that day because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
19#Jer 44:16But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But surely a king will be over us! 20#1Sa 8:5So that we also will be like all the nations! And so that our king will govern us, and will go out before us, and will fight our battles.”
21#Jdg 11:11And after Samuel heard all the words of the people, he spoke them in the hearing of the Lord. 22#1Sa 8:7; Hos 13:11And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice, and make for them a king.”
So Samuel said to Israel’s fighting men, “Go every man to his city.”
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