8:1 When
Samuel
became
old,
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
8:2 The
name
of
his
firstborn
son
was
Joel,
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah;
they
were
judges
in
Beersheba.
8:3 Yet
his
sons
did
not
walk
in
his
ways
but
turned
aside
after
gain.
They
took
bribes
and
perverted
justice.
8:4 Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
together
and
came
to
Samuel
at
Ramah
8:5 and
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."
8:6 But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel
when
they
said,
"Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us."
And
Samuel
prayed
to
the
LORD.
8:7 And
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.
8:8 According
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.
8:9 Now
then,
obey
their
voice;
only
you
shall
solemnly
warn
them
and
show
them
the
ways
of
the
king
who
shall
reign
over
them."
8:10 So
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
the
LORD
to
the
people
who
were
asking
for
a
king
from
him.
8:11 He
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.
8:12 And
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.
8:13 He
will
take
your
daughters
to
be
perfumers
and
cooks
and
bakers.
8:14 He
will
take
the
best
of
your
fields
and
vineyards
and
olive
orchards
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
8:15 He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
grain
and
of
your
vineyards
and
give
it
to
his
officers
and
to
his
servants.
8:16 He
will
take
your
male
servants
and
female
servants
and
the
best
of
your
young
men
and
your
donkeys,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
8:17 He
will
take
the
tenth
of
your
flocks,
and
you
shall
be
his
slaves.
8:18 And
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."
8:19 But
the
people
refused
to
obey
the
voice
of
Samuel.
And
they
said,
"No!
But
there
shall
be
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
when
Samuel
had
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
he
repeated
them
in
the
ears
of
the
LORD.
8:22 And
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."
