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          DASV: 1 Samuel 8    

1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 The name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second,
Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after
dishonest money, took bribes, and perverted justice.

4 So all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together
and came to Samuel at Ramah.
5 They said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not
walk in your ways. So appoint us a king to judge us like
all the other nations."

6 But this demand displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a
king to judge us." So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7 The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to all that the people are
saying to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have
rejected me from being their king,
8 just as they have done to me since the day that I brought them
up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving
other gods. Now they're doing it to you too.
9 Listen to their voice, only solemnly warn them, and expose
how the king will reign over them."

10 So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who
had demanded a king from him.
11 He said, "This will be how the king will reign over you:
he will take your sons, and assign them to his chariots,
and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
12 He will make some of them commanders of thousands, and
commanders of fifties; and he will make some of them plow
his ground, reap his harvest, make his weapons of war and
the equipment for his chariots.
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks and bakers.
14 He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards and
your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
15 He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards,
and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16 He will take your male and female servants, and the best
of your young men, and your donkeys, and have them do his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your flocks and you will become
his slaves.
18 In that day, you will cry out because of your king whom
you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not
answer you."

19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.
Instead they demanded, "No, we want to have a king over us,
20 so that we also may be like all the other nations and so
our king may judge us, lead us, and fight our battles."
21 So Samuel listened to all the words of the people and
repeated them in the ears of the LORD.
22 Then the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to them and install
a king over them." So Samuel said to the men of Israel,
"Go back, each one of you to his own town."

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