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Israel Requests a King
As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
Israel Demands a King
When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.
But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.
Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.
Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah
“Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
“Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.
According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.
Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
Samuel Warns against a Kingdom
So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
Samuel’s Warning Against Kings
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.
So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.
“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.
He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.
He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.
He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”
And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.
The Lord Grants Israel’s Request
But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,
But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,
“We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
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.”
So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,
And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.