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1 Samuel 8:15-22
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:15-22
New International Version
15 He will take a tenth(A) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer(B) you in that day.(C)”
19 But the people refused(D) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want(E) a king(F) over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(G) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated(H) it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen(I) to them and give them a king.”
Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
1 Samuel 8:15-22
King James Version
1 Samuel 8:15-22
King James Version
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 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 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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