{"id":22488,"date":"2025-11-24T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.brandonlavere.com\/pw\/bible-chapter\/1-samuel-8\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:58:23","slug":"1-samuel-8","status":"publish","type":"bible_chapter","link":"https:\/\/dev.brandonlavere.com\/pw\/bible-chapter\/1-samuel-8\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

1<\/strong> And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.<\/p>\n

2<\/strong> Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.<\/p>\n

3<\/strong> And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.<\/p>\n

4<\/strong> Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;<\/p>\n

5<\/strong> and they 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.<\/p>\n

6<\/strong> But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto Jehovah.<\/p>\n

7<\/strong> And Jehovah 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 be king over them.<\/p>\n

8<\/strong> According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.<\/p>\n

9<\/strong> Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.<\/p>\n

10<\/strong> And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah unto the people that asked of him a king.<\/p>\n

11<\/strong> And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;<\/p>\n

12<\/strong> and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.<\/p>\n

13<\/strong> And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.<\/p>\n

14<\/strong> And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.<\/p>\n

15<\/strong> And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.<\/p>\n

16<\/strong> And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.<\/p>\n

17<\/strong> He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.<\/p>\n

18<\/strong> And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.<\/p>\n

19<\/strong> But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,<\/p>\n

20<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

21<\/strong> And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.<\/p>\n

22<\/strong> And Jehovah 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"iawp_total_views":0},"tags":[193,171,170,173],"class_list":["post-22488","bible_chapter","type-bible_chapter","status-publish","hentry","tag-1-samuel","tag-asv","tag-bible","tag-old-testament"],"yoast_head":"\n1 Samuel Chapter 8 - Easy To Understand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read 1 Samuel Chapter 8 and share your prayer request. 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