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1 Samuel 8
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| 8:1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges
over Israel. |
(8:1-2) "The name of his firstborn was Joel."
Who was Samuel's firstborn son?
 The Israelites Demand a King
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| 8:2
Now the name of his
firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were
judges in Beersheba.
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| 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and
took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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| 8:4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah,
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| 8:5
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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| 8:6
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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| 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. |
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| 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, wherewith they have
forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. |
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| 8:9
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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| 8:10
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of
him a king. |
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| 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 for himself, for his chariots,
and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. |
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| 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 chariots. |
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| 8:13
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks,
and to be bakers. |
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| 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. |
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| 8:15
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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| 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. |
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| 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
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| 8:18
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. |
(8:18) "The LORD will not hear you in that day."
Does God help in times of need?
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| 8:19
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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| 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. |
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| 8:21
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the
ears of the LORD. |
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| 8:22
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. |
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