1 Samuel 8:4-22

1 Samuel 8:4-22

[4] Then all the elders  of Israel  gathered themselves together,  and came  to Samuel  unto Ramah,  [5] And said  unto him, Behold, thou art old,  and thy sons  walk  not in thy ways:  now make  us a king  to judge  us like all the nations.  [6] But the thing  Samuel,  when they said,  Give  us a king  to judge  us. And Samuel  prayed  unto the LORD.  [7] And the LORD  said  unto Samuel,  Hearken  unto the voice  of the people  in all that they say  unto thee: for they have not rejected  me, that I should not reign  [8] According to all the works  which they have done  since the day  that I brought them up  out of Egypt  even unto this day,  wherewith they have forsaken  me, and served  other  gods,  so do  they also unto thee. [9] Now therefore hearken  unto their voice:  howbeit  yet protest  unto them, and shew  them the manner  of the king  that shall reign  over them. [10] And Samuel  told  all the words  of the LORD  unto the people  that asked  of him a king.  [11] 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.  [12] And he will appoint  him captains  over thousands,  and captains  over fifties;  and will set them to ear  his ground,  and to reap  his harvest,  and to make  his instruments  of war,  and instruments  of his chariots.  [13] And he will take  your daughters  to be confectionaries,  and to be cooks,  and to be bakers.  [14] And he will take  your fields,  and your vineyards,  and your oliveyards,  even the best  of them, and give  them to his servants.  [15] And he will take the tenth  of your seed,  and of your vineyards,  and give  to his officers,  and to his servants.  [16] And he will take  your menservants,  and your maidservants,  and your goodliest  young men,  and your asses,  and put  them to his work.  [17] He will take the tenth  of your sheep:  and ye shall be his servants.  [18] And ye shall cry out  in that day  because  of your king  which ye shall have chosen  you; and the LORD  will not hear  you in that day.  [19] Nevertheless the people  refused  to obey  the voice  of Samuel;  and they said,  Nay; but we will have a king  [20] 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.  [21] And Samuel  heard  all the words  of the people,  and he rehearsed  them in the ears  of the LORD.  [22] And the LORD  said  to Samuel,  Hearken  unto their voice,  and make  them a king.  And Samuel  said  of Israel,  ye every man  unto his city.