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Chapter 8
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
2
Now
the
name
of
his
firstborn
was
Joel;
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abiah:
they
were
judges
in
Beer-sheba.
3
And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways,
but
turned
aside
after
lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
judgment.
4
Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
to
Samuel
unto
Ramah,
5
And
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.
6
But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel,
when
they
said,
Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
unto
the
Lord.
7
And
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.
8
According
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.
9
Now
therefore
hearken
unto
their
voice:
howbeit
yet
protest
solemnly
unto
them,
and
shew
them
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
them.
10
And
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
the
Lord
unto
the
people
that
asked
of
him
a
king.
11
And
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.
12
And
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.
13
And
he
will
take
your
daughters
to
be
confectionaries,
and
to
be
cooks,
and
to
be
bakers.
14
And
he
will
take
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your
oliveyards,
even
the
best
of
them,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
15
And
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
seed,
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
to
his
officers,
and
to
his
servants.
16
And
he
will
take
your
menservants,
and
your
maidservants,
and
your
goodliest
young
men,
and
your
asses,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
17
He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
sheep:
and
ye
shall
be
his
servants.
18
And
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.
19
Nevertheless
the
people
refused
to
obey
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said,
Nay;
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us;
20
That
we
also
may
be
like
all
the
nations;
and
that
our
king
may
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and
fight
our
battles.
21
And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he
rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
the
Lord.
22
And
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.
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