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| 1When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. | 1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. |
| 2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. | 2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. |
| 3Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice. | 3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
| 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah | 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, |
| 5and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” | 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. |
| 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the LORD. | 6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. |
| 7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. | 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. |
| 8According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. | 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. |
| 9Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.” | 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. |
| 10So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him. | 10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him 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 to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. | 11And 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. |
| 12And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. | 12And 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. |
| 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. | 13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
| 14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. | 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
| 15He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. | 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
| 16He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. | 16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
| 17He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. | 17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
| 18And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.” | 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. |
| 19But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, | 19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; |
| 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.” | 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. |
| 21And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD. | 21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. |
| 22And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.” | 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. |
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