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1. In his old age Samuel appointed his sons judges over Israel.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , when H834 Samuel H8050 was old H2204 , that he made H7760 H853 his sons H1121 judges H8199 over Israel H3478 .
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2. His first-born was named Joel, his second son, Abijah; they judged at Beer-sheba.
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2. Now the name H8034 of his firstborn H1060 was H1961 Joel H3100 ; and the name H8034 of his second H4932 , Abiah H29 : they were judges H8199 in Beer H884 -sheba.
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3. His sons did not follow his example but sought illicit gain and accepted bribes, perverting justice.
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3. And his sons H1121 walked H1980 not H3808 in his ways H1870 , but turned aside H5186 after H310 lucre H1215 , and took H3947 bribes H7810 , and perverted H5186 judgment H4941 .
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4. Therefore all the elders of Israel came in a body to Samuel at Ramah
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4. Then all H3605 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 gathered themselves together H6908 , and came H935 to H413 Samuel H8050 unto Ramah H7414 ,
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5. and said to him, "Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us."
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5. And said H559 unto H413 him, Behold H2009 , thou H859 art old H2204 , and thy sons H1121 walk H1980 not H3808 in thy ways H1870 : now H6258 make H7760 us a king H4428 to judge H8199 us like all H3605 the nations H1471 .
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6. Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however,
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6. But the thing H1697 displeased H3415 H5869 Samuel H8050 , when H834 they said H559 , Give H5414 us a king H4428 to judge H8199 us . And Samuel H8050 prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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7. who said in answer: "Grant the people's every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king.
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7. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Samuel H8050 , Hearken H8085 unto the voice H6963 of the people H5971 in all H3605 that H834 they say H559 unto H413 thee: for H3588 they have not H3808 rejected H3988 thee, but H3588 they have rejected H3988 me , that I should not reign H4480 H4427 over H5921 them.
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8. As they have treated me constantly from the day I brought them up from Egypt to this day, deserting me and worshiping strange gods, so do they treat you too.
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8. According to all H3605 the works H4639 which H834 they have done H6213 since the day H4480 H3117 that I brought them up H5927 H853 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 even unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , wherewith they have forsaken H5800 me , and served H5647 other H312 gods H430 , so H3651 do H6213 they H1992 also H1571 unto thee.
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9. Now grant their request; but at the same time, warn them solemnly and inform them of the rights of the king who will rule them."
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9. Now H6258 therefore hearken H8085 unto their voice H6963 : howbeit H389 yet H3588 protest solemnly H5749 H5749 unto them , and show H5046 them the manner H4941 of the king H4428 that H834 shall reign H4427 over H5921 them.
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10. Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king.
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10. And Samuel H8050 told H559 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 the people H5971 that asked H7592 of H4480 H854 him a king H4428 .
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11. He told them: "The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
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11. And he said H559 , This H2088 will be H1961 the manner H4941 of the king H4428 that H834 shall reign H4427 over H5921 you : He will take H3947 H853 your sons H1121 , and appoint H7760 them for himself , for his chariots H4818 , and to be his horsemen H6571 ; and some shall run H7323 before H6440 his chariots H4818 .
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12. He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
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12. And he will appoint H7760 him captains H8269 over thousands H505 , and captains H8269 over fifties H2572 ; and will set them to ear H2790 his ground H2758 , and to reap H7114 his harvest H7105 , and to make H6213 his instruments H3627 of war H4421 , and instruments H3627 of his chariots H7393 .
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13. He will use your daughters as ointment-makers, as cooks, and as bakers.
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13. And he will take H3947 your daughters H1323 to be confectionaries H7548 , and to be cooks H2879 , and to be bakers H644 .
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14. He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
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14. And he will take H3947 your fields H7704 , and your vineyards H3754 , and your oliveyards H2132 , even the best H2896 of them , and give H5414 them to his servants H5650 .
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15. He will tithe your crops and your vineyards, and give the revenue to his eunuchs and his slaves.
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15. And he will take the tenth H6237 of your seed H2233 , and of your vineyards H3754 , and give H5414 to his officers H5631 , and to his servants H5650 .
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16. He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best oxen and your asses, and use them to do his work.
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16. And he will take H3947 your menservants H5650 , and your maidservants H8198 , and your goodliest H2896 young men H970 , and your asses H2543 , and put H6213 them to his work H4399 .
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17. He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves.
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17. He will take the tenth H6237 of your sheep H6629 : and ye H859 shall be H1961 his servants H5650 .
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18. When this takes place, you will complain against the king whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not answer you."
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18. And ye shall cry out H2199 in that H1931 day H3117 because H4480 H6440 of your king H4428 which H834 ye shall have chosen H977 you ; and the LORD H3068 will not H3808 hear H6030 you in that H1931 day H3117 .
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19. The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel's warning and said, "Not so! There must be a king over us.
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19. Nevertheless the people H5971 refused H3985 to obey H8085 the voice H6963 of Samuel H8050 ; and they said H559 , Nay H3808 ; but H3588 H518 we will have H1961 a king H4428 over H5921 us;
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20. We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare and fight our battles."
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20. That we H587 also H1571 may be H1961 like all H3605 the nations H1471 ; and that our king H4428 may judge H8199 us , and go out H3318 before H6440 us , and fight H3898 H853 our battles H4421 .
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21. When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say, he repeated it to the LORD,
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21. And Samuel H8050 heard H8085 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the people H5971 , and he rehearsed H1696 them in the ears H241 of the LORD H3068 .
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22. who then said to him, "Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them." Samuel thereupon said to the men of Israel, "Each of you go to his own city."
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22. And the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 Samuel H8050 , Hearken H8085 unto their voice H6963 , and make them a king H4427 H4428 . And Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 the men H376 of Israel H3478 , Go H1980 ye every man H376 unto his city H5892 .
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