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Read Full Chapter (1 Samuel 8) 1 Samuel 8:5-7 KJV
"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. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 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."
1 Samuel 8:5-7 in Context (Verses 2–10 KJV)
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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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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¶ 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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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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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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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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¶ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.