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[1]And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
[2]Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
[3]And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
[4]Then all the elders of Israel assembled, and came to Samuel to Ramah,
[5]And said to 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 displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the LORD.
[7]And 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 they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
[8]According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them out of Egypt even to this day, by which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to thee.
[9]Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.
[10]And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to 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 will run before his chariots.
[12]And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till 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 confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
[14]And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, 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 men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
[17]He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.
[18]And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
[19]Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;
[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 to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go ye every man to his city.
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