1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

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Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Timothy 5:21

2Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.

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1 Kings 19:3, 1 Chronicles 6:38, Genesis 22:19, Amos 5:5, 1 Chronicles 6:28

3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

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Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Timothy 6:10, Psalms 15:5, 1 Timothy 6:10

4Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha.

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1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 7:17, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 24:1, 2 Samuel 5:3

5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have.

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Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 8:6

6And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

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1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 12:17, James 1:5, 1 Samuel 12:17

7And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.

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1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Samuel 10:19, Exodus 16:8, Luke 19:27, Luke 10:16

8According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served strange gods, so do they also unto thee.

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Exodus 32:1, Psalms 106:34, Psalms 106:40, Exodus 32:1, Psalms 106:34

9Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.

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1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Samuel 8:11

10Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,

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11And said: This will be the right of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen, to run before his chariots,

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1 Samuel 14:52, 1 Samuel 14:52, 1 Samuel 10:25, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:20

12And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

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1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:22, 1 Kings 4:7, 1 Kings 4:27, 1 Kings 4:28

13Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.

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14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

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Ezekiel 46:18, Ezekiel 46:18, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Samuel 22:7

15Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.

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Daniel 1:7, Daniel 1:10, Genesis 37:36, Daniel 1:18, Isaiah 39:7

16Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.

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17Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

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18And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

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Micah 3:4, Micah 3:4, Isaiah 1:15, Proverbs 1:25, Proverbs 1:28

19But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

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Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:16, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 33:31, Psalms 81:11

20And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.

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1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 8:5, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Deuteronomy 7:6, Exodus 33:16

21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

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Judges 11:11, Judges 11:11

22And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.

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1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:7, Hosea 13:11, Hosea 13:11