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Listen to 1 Samuel 8:6-18
6But the thing (A)displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel (B)prayed to the Lord. 7And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (C)they have not rejected you, but (D)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. 8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day—with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also. 9Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and (E)show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
10So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him for a king. 11And he said, (F)“This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your (G)sons and appoint them for his own (H)chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. 12He will (I)appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14And (J)he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. 15He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. 16And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest [a]young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants. 18And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord (K)will not hear you in that day.”
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Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:16 LXX cattle
Cross references
- 1 Samuel 8:6 : 1 Sam. 12:17
- 1 Samuel 8:6 : 1 Sam. 7:9
- 1 Samuel 8:7 : Ex. 16:8
- 1 Samuel 8:7 : 1 Sam. 10:19
- 1 Samuel 8:9 : 1 Sam. 8:11–18
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : Deut. 17:14–20
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : 1 Sam. 14:52
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : 2 Sam. 15:1
- 1 Samuel 8:12 : 1 Sam. 22:7
- 1 Samuel 8:14 : 1 Kin. 21:7; [Ezek. 46:18]
- 1 Samuel 8:18 : Prov. 1:25–28; Is. 1:15; Mic. 3:4
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.
7And 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.
8According 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.
9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18And 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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6But when they said, “Give us a king(A) to lead us,” this displeased(B) Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 7And the Lord told him: “Listen(C) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(D) but they have rejected me as their king.(E) 8As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking(F) me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know(G) what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
10Samuel told(H) all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take(I) your sons and make them serve(J) with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.(K) 12Some he will assign to be commanders(L) of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14He will take the best of your(M) fields and vineyards(N) and olive groves and give them to his attendants.(O) 15He will take a tenth(P) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer(Q) you in that day.(R)”
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Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
Cross references
- 1 Samuel 8:6 : Hos 13:10
- 1 Samuel 8:6 : 1Sa 12:17; 15:11; 16:1
- 1 Samuel 8:7 : ver 22; 1Sa 12:1
- 1 Samuel 8:7 : S Nu 11:20
- 1 Samuel 8:7 : S Ex 16:8
- 1 Samuel 8:8 : 1Sa 12:10; 2Ki 21:22; Jer 2:17
- 1 Samuel 8:9 : ver 11-18; S Dt 17:14-20; 1Sa 10:25
- 1 Samuel 8:10 : S Ex 19:7
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : 1Sa 14:52
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : S Ge 41:46
- 1 Samuel 8:11 : S Dt 17:16; 2Sa 15:1; 1Ki 1:5; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; SS 3:7
- 1 Samuel 8:12 : S Dt 1:15
- 1 Samuel 8:14 : Eze 46:18
- 1 Samuel 8:14 : 1Ki 21:7, 15; Mic 2:2
- 1 Samuel 8:14 : 2Ki 22:12
- 1 Samuel 8:15 : S Ge 41:34; 1Sa 17:25
- 1 Samuel 8:18 : 1Sa 28:6; Job 27:9; 35:12, 13; Ps 18:41; 66:18; Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15; 58:4; 59:2; Jer 14:12; Eze 8:18; Mic 3:4
- 1 Samuel 8:18 : 1Sa 10:25; 1Ki 12:4
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