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I Samuel Chapter 8

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I SAMUEL

I Samuel 8

1When Samuel was nowe become olde, he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Timothy 5:21
2(And the name of his eldest sonne was Ioel, and the name of the second Abiah) euen Iudges in Beer-sheba.
1 Kings 19:3, 1 Chronicles 6:38, Genesis 22:19, Amos 5:5, 1 Chronicles 6:28
3And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.
Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:19, 1 Timothy 6:10, Psalms 15:5, 1 Timothy 6:10
4Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,
1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Samuel 7:17, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 24:1, 2 Samuel 5:3
5And said vnto him, Beholde, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: make vs nowe a King to iudge vs like all nations.
Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 8:6
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Giue vs a King to iudge vs: and Samuel prayed vnto the Lord.
1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 15:11, 1 Samuel 12:17, James 1:5, 1 Samuel 12:17
7And the Lord said vnto Samuel, Heare the voyce of the people in all that they shall say vnto thee: for they haue not cast thee away, but they haue cast me away, that I should not reigne ouer the.
1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Samuel 10:19, Exodus 16:8, Luke 19:27, Luke 10:16
8As they haue euer done since I brought them out of Egypt euen vnto this day, (and haue forsaken me, and serued other gods) euen so doe they vnto thee.
Exodus 32:1, Psalms 106:34, Psalms 106:40, Exodus 32:1, Psalms 106:34
9Nowe therefore hearken vnto their voyce: howbeit yet testifie vnto them, and shewe them the maner of ye King that shall reigne ouer them.
1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 8:11, 1 Samuel 8:18, 1 Samuel 8:11
10So Samuel told all the wordes of the Lord vnto the people that asked a King of him.
11And he saide, This shall be the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charet.
1 Samuel 14:52, 1 Samuel 14:52, 1 Samuel 10:25, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:20
12Also he will make them his captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make instruments of warre, and the thinges that serue for his charets.
1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:22, 1 Kings 4:7, 1 Kings 4:27, 1 Kings 4:28
13He will also take your daughters and make them apoticaries, and cookes, and bakers.
14And he will take your fieldes, and your vineyardes, and your best Oliue trees, and giue them to his seruants.
Ezekiel 46:18, Ezekiel 46:18, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Samuel 22:7
15And he will take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyards, and giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.
Daniel 1:7, Daniel 1:10, Genesis 37:36, Daniel 1:18, Isaiah 39:7
16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
17He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
18And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.
Micah 3:4, Micah 3:4, Isaiah 1:15, Proverbs 1:25, Proverbs 1:28
19But the people would not heare the voyce of Samuel, but did say, Nay, but there shall be a King ouer vs.
Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:16, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 33:31, Psalms 81:11
20And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.
1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 8:5, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Deuteronomy 7:6, Exodus 33:16
21Therefore when Samuel heard all ye wordes of ye people, he rehearsed the in ye eares of ye Lord.
Judges 11:11, Judges 11:11
22And the Lord saide to Samuel, Hearken vnto their voyce, and make them a King. And Samuel said vnto the men of Israel, Goe euery man vnto his citie.
1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:7, Hosea 13:11, Hosea 13:11

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