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Chapter Eight And it came to pass,
when Samuel was old, that he made his sons

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judges over Israel.

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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel,
and the name of his second, Abiah.

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They were judges in Beersheba.

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And his sons walked not in his ways,
but turned aside after Lucre, and took

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bribes, and perverted judgment.

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Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and came to Samuel

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unto Ramah, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk

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not in thy ways.

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Now make us a king to judge us like all
the nations.

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But the thing displeased Samuel when they
said, Give us a king to judge us.

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And Samuel prayed unto the Lord,
and the Lord said unto Samuel,

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Hearken unto the voice of the people in
all that they say unto thee.

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For they have not rejected thee,
but they have rejected me, that I should

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not reign over them.

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According to all the works which they have
done since the day that I brought them up

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out of Egypt, even unto this day,
wherewith they have forsaken me,

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and served other gods, so do they also
unto thee.

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Now therefore hearken unto their voice,
howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them,

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and show them the manner of the king that
shall reign over them.

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And Samuel told all the words of the Lord
unto the people that asked of him a king,

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and he said, This will be the manner of
the king that shall reign over you.

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He will take your sons, and appoint them
for himself, for his chariots,

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and to be his horsemen.

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And some shall run before his chariots.

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And he will appoint him captains over
thousands, and captains over fifties,

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and will set them to ear his ground,
and to reap his harvest, and to make his

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instruments of war, and instruments of his
chariots.

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And he will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be cooks,

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and to be bakers.

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And he will take your fields, and your
vineyards, and your olive yards,

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even the best of them, and give them to
his servants.

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And he will take the tenth of your seed,
and of your vineyards, and give to his

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officers, and to his servants.

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And he will take your menservants,
and your maidservants, and your goodliest

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young men, and your asses, and put them to
his work.

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He will take the tenth of your sheep,
and ye shall be his servants.

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And ye shall cry out in that day because
of your king, which ye shall have chosen

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you, and the Lord will not hear you in
that day.

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Nevertheless, the people refused to obey
the voice of Samuel, and they said,

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Nay, but we will have a king over us,
that we also may be like all the nations,

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and that our king may judge us,
and go out before us, and fight our

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battles.

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And Samuel heard all the words of the
people, and he rehearsed them in the ears

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of the Lord.

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And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto
their voice, and make them a king.

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And Samuel said unto the men of Israel,
Go ye, every man, into his city.