Thematic Bible
1 Samuel 8:1 (show verse)
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
1 Samuel 8:2 (show verse)
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.
1 Samuel 8:3 (show verse)
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
1 Samuel 8:4 (show verse)
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
1 Samuel 8:5 (show verse)
And said unto him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 8:6 (show verse)
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:7 (show verse)
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1 Samuel 8:8 (show verse)
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, with which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto you.
1 Samuel 8:9 (show verse)
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: however protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 8:10 (show verse)
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
1 Samuel 8:11 (show verse)
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:12 (show verse)
And he will appoint himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:13 (show verse)
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
1 Samuel 8:14 (show verse)
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1 Samuel 8:15 (show verse)
And he will take the tenth of your grain, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1 Samuel 8:16 (show verse)
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
1 Samuel 8:17 (show verse)
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.
1 Samuel 8:18 (show verse)
And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel 8:19 (show verse)
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel 8:20 (show verse)
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.
1 Samuel 8:21 (show verse)
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:22 (show verse)
And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go you every man unto his city.