Establishment of the monarchy
1WHEN Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges in Israel.
2The eldest son was called Joel and the second Abiah; they acted as judges in Beersheba.
3His sons did not follow their father's ways but were intent on their own profit, taking bribes and perverting the course of justice.
4So all the elders of Israel met, and came to Samuel at Ramah.
5They said to him, “You are now old and your sons do not follow your ways; appoint us a king to rule us, like all the other nations.”
6But their request for a king displeased Samuel. He prayed to the LORD,
7and the LORD told him, “Listen to the people and all that they are saying; they have not rejected you, it is I whom they have rejected, I whom they will not have to be their king.
8They are now doing to you just what they have done to me since I brought them up from Egypt: they have forsaken me and worshipped other gods.
9Hear what they have to say now, but give them a solemn warning and tell them what sort of king will rule them.”
10Samuel reported to the people who were asking him for a king all that the LORD had said to him.
11“This will be the sort of king who will bear rule over you,” he said. “He will take your sons and make them serve in his chariots and with his cavalry, and they will run before his chariot.
12Some he will appoint officers over units of a thousand and units of fifty. Others will plough his fields and reap his harvest; others again will make weapons of war and equipment for the chariots.
13He will take your daughters for perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
14He will seize the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his courtiers.
15He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage to give to his eunuchs and courtiers.
16Your slaves, both men and women, and the best of your cattle and your donkeys he will take for his own use.
17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18There will come a day when you will cry out against the king whom you have chosen; but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
19The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel. “No,” they said, “we must have a king over us;
20then we shall be like other nations, with a king to rule us, to lead us out to war and fight our battles.”
21When Samuel heard what the people had decided, he told the LORD,
22who said, “Take them at their word and appoint them a king.” Samuel then dismissed all the Israelites to their homes.
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