<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="834">when</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> was <sn="2204">old</s>, that he <sn="7760">made</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="8199">judges</s> over <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Now the <sn="8034">name</s> of his <sn="1060">firstborn</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3100">Joel</s>; and the <sn="8034">name</s> of his <sn="4932">second</s>, <sn="29">Abiah</s>: they were <sn="8199">judges</s> in <sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba. </v>
<vn='3'>And his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="1980">walked</s><sn="3808">not</s> in his <sn="1870">ways</s>, but turned <sn="5186">aside</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1215">lucre</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="7810">bribes</s>, and <sn="5186">perverted</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> gathered themselves <sn="6908">together</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s> unto <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="2204">old</s>, and thy <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="1980">walk</s><sn="3808">not</s> in thy <sn="1870">ways</s>: <sn="6258">now</s><sn="7760">make</s> us a <sn="4428">king</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s> us like <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="3415 5869">displeased</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="834">when</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5414">Give</s> us a <sn="4428">king</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s> us. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="8085">Hearken</s> unto the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> they <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3988">rejected</s> thee, <sn="3588">but</s> they have <sn="3988">rejected</s> me, that I should not <sn="4480 4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> them. </v>
<vn='8'>According to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4639">works</s><sn="834">which</s> they have <sn="6213">done</s> since the <sn="4480 3117">day</s> that I brought them <sn="5927 *853">up</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, wherewith they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="3651">so</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="1571">also</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="8085">hearken</s> unto their <sn="6963">voice</s>: <sn="389">howbeit</s><sn="3588">yet</s> protest <sn="5749 5749">solemnly</s> unto them, and <sn="5046">show</s> them the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">that</s> shall <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">told</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="7592">asked</s><sn="4480 854">of</s> him a <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2088">This</s> will <sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="4941">manner</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">that</s> shall <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s> you: He will <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="7760">appoint</s> them for himself, for his <sn="4818">chariots</s>, and to be his <sn="6571">horsemen</s>; and some shall <sn="7323">run</s><sn="6440">before</s> his <sn="4818">chariots</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he will <sn="7760">appoint</s> him <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="505">thousands</s>, and <sn="8269">captains</s> over <sn="2572">fifties</s>; and will set them to <sn="2790">ear</s> his <sn="2758">ground</s>, and to <sn="7114">reap</s> his <sn="7105">harvest</s>, and to <sn="6213">make</s> his <sn="3627">instruments</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, and <sn="3627">instruments</s> of his <sn="7393">chariots</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he will <sn="3947">take</s> your <sn="1323">daughters</s> to be <sn="7548">confectionaries</s>, and to be <sn="2879">cooks</s>, and to be <sn="644">bakers</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he will <sn="3947">take</s> your <sn="7704">fields</s>, and your <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and your <sn="2132">oliveyards</s>, even the <sn="2896">best</s> of them, and <sn="5414">give</s> them to his <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he will take the <sn="6237">tenth</s> of your <sn="2233">seed</s>, and of your <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> to his <sn="5631">officers</s>, and to his <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he will <sn="3947">take</s> your <sn="5650">menservants</s>, and your <sn="8198">maidservants</s>, and your <sn="2896">goodliest</s> young <sn="970">men</s>, and your <sn="2543">asses</s>, and <sn="6213">put</s> them to his <sn="4399">work</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>He will take the <sn="6237">tenth</s> of your <sn="6629">sheep</s>: and <sn="859">ye</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And ye shall cry <sn="2199">out</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="4480 6440">because</s> of your <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">which</s> ye shall have <sn="977">chosen</s> you; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6030">hear</s> you in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Nevertheless the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="8085">obey</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="8050">Samuel</s>; and they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3808">Nay</s>; <sn="3588 518">but</s> we will <sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> us; </v>
<vn='20'>That <sn="587">we</s><sn="1571">also</s> may <sn="1961">be</s> like <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>; and that our <sn="4428">king</s> may <sn="8199">judge</s> us, and go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> us, and <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="4421">battles</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, and he <sn="1696">rehearsed</s> them in the <sn="241">ears</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8050">Samuel</s>, <sn="8085">Hearken</s> unto their <sn="6963">voice</s>, and make them a <sn="4427 4428">king</s>. And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> ye every <sn="376">man</s> unto his <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>