Verse 22
1 Samuel 8:22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his city.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל שְׁמוּאֵל֙ שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ/קוֹלָ֔/ם וְ/הִמְלַכְתָּ֥ לָ/הֶ֖ם מֶ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל אַנְשֵׁ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְ/עִירֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the LORD said to Samuel, "Hear their voice and appoint a king for them." And Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Go, each to his city."
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Chapter 8 Context
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And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
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Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
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And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and pervert...
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Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.
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And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to jud...
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And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king, to judge u...
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And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For th...
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According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until thi...
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Now therefore hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the ki...
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Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,
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And said: This will be the right of the king, that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and...
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And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and centurions, and to plough his fields, and to rea...
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Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his ser...
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Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give his eun...
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Your servants also and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses he will take away, an...
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Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
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And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves. and...
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But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king ove...
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And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight o...
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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the me...