{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "1 Samuel",
 "chapter": 8,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,"
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "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 thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;"
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city."
  }
 ],
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}