8:1 And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
8:2 Now
the
name
of
his
first-born
was
Joel;
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah:
they
were
judges
in
Beer-sheba.
8:3 And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways,
but
turned
aside
after
lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
justice.
8:4 Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
to
Samuel
unto
Ramah;
8:5 and
they
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.
8:6 But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel,
when
they
said,
Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
unto
Jehovah.
8:7 And
Jehovah
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
be
king
over
them.
8:8 According
to
all
the
works
which
they
have
done
since
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
Egypt
even
unto
this
day,
in
that
they
have
forsaken
me,
and
served
other
gods,
so
do
they
also
unto
thee.
8:9 Now
therefore
hearken
unto
their
voice:
howbeit
thou
shalt
protest
solemnly
unto
them,
and
shalt
show
them
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
them.
8:10 And
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
Jehovah
unto
the
people
that
asked
of
him
a
king.
8:11 And
he
said,
This
will
be
the
manner
of
the
king
that
shall
reign
over
you:
he
will
take
your
sons,
and
appoint
them
unto
him,
for
his
chariots,
and
to
be
his
horsemen;
and
they
shall
run
before
his
chariots;
8:12 and
he
will
appoint
them
unto
him
for
captains
of
thousands,
and
captains
of
fifties;
and
[he
will
set
some]
to
plow
his
ground,
and
to
reap
his
harvest,
and
to
make
his
instruments
of
war,
and
the
instruments
of
his
chariots.
8:13 And
he
will
take
your
daughters
to
be
perfumers,
and
to
be
cooks,
and
to
be
bakers.
8:14 And
he
will
take
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your
oliveyards,
even
the
best
of
them,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
8:15 And
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
seed,
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
to
his
officers,
and
to
his
servants.
8:16 And
he
will
take
your
men-servants,
and
your
maid-servants,
and
your
goodliest
young
men,
and
your
asses,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
8:17 He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
flocks:
and
ye
shall
be
his
servants.
8:18 And
ye
shall
cry
out
in
that
day
because
of
your
king
whom
ye
shall
have
chosen
you;
and
Jehovah
will
not
answer
you
in
that
day.
8:19 But
the
people
refused
to
hearken
unto
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said,
Nay:
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us,
8:20 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.
8:21 And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he
rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
Jehovah.
8:22 And
Jehovah
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.
