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And it came to pass,
when Samuel was old,
that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel;
and the name of his second,
Abiah:
they were judges in Beersheba.

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And his sons walked not in his ways,
but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes,
and perverted judgment.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:
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.

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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.

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

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And he will take your fields,
and your vineyards,
and your oliveyards,
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 officers,
and to his servants.

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And he will take your menservants,
and your maidservants,
and your goodliest 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 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,
Nay;
but we will have a king over us;

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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.

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

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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.