Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Samuel 8
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Listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them
Samuel told all the Lord’s words to the people who were asking him for a king.
He can take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men,
He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties,
He said, “These are the rights of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots.
He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
He can take your daughters to become perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
He can take a tenth of your grain and your vineyards and give them to his officials and servants.
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves,
“Listen to them,” the Lord told Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.”
Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Each of you, go back to your city.”
But the Lord told him, “Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.
The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us,
His firstborn son’s name was Joel and his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beer-sheba.
They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your example. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”
However, his sons did not walk in his ways—they turned toward dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
When they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” Samuel considered their demand sinful, so he prayed to the Lord.
They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to Me,