1 Samuel Chapter 8
8:1 | And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over ![]() |
8:2 | Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. |
8:3 | And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
8:4 | Then all the elders of ![]() |
8:5 | And said unto him, Behold, thou ![]() ![]() |
8:6 | But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a ![]() |
8:7 | 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. |
8:8 | According to all the works which they have done since the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8:9 | Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the ![]() |
8:10 | And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a ![]() |
8:11 | And he said, This will be the manner of the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8:12 | 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 ![]() |
8:13 | And he will take your daughters [to be] confectionaries, 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 menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work. |
8:17 | He will take the tenth of your ![]() |
8:18 | And ye shall cry out in that ![]() ![]() ![]() |
8:19 | Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a ![]() |
8:20 | That we also may be like all the nations; and that our ![]() |
8:21 | And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. |
8:22 | And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a ![]() ![]() |