Verse 11
1 Samuel 8:11
GOD'S WORD Translation
11
He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר זֶ֗ה יִֽהְיֶה֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣ט הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִמְלֹ֖ךְ עֲלֵי/כֶ֑ם אֶת בְּנֵי/כֶ֣ם יִקָּ֗ח וְ/שָׂ֥ם ל/וֹ֙ בְּ/מֶרְכַּבְתּ֣/וֹ וּ/בְ/פָרָשָׁ֔י/ו וְ/רָצ֖וּ לִ/פְנֵ֥י מֶרְכַּבְתּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he said, "This shall be the judgment of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and place them in his chariots and among his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots."
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Chapter 8 Context
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When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beer...
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His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted j...
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4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
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They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to...
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But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
Samuel prayed to Yahw...
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Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have n...
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8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt ev...
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9
Now therefore listen to their voice. However you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them...
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10
Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
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11
He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and app...
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He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will assign s...
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13
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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14
He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to h...
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15
He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his...
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16
He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and as...
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He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
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18
You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahw...
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But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king...
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that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and...
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Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
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Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.”
Samuel said to the men of Isra...
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