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Israel Demands a King
Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.
Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel.
The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba.
The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord.
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.
And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.
As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
According 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.
Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”
Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him for a king.
He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.
And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.
Some he will assign to be commanders 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.
He will 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.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.
And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants.
He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.
When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.”
But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
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.”
When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord.
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the Lord.