Verse 18
1 Samuel 8:18
English Revised Version
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But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/זְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּ/כֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָ/כֶ֑ם וְ/לֹֽא יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/הֽוּא
English Translation
And you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you on that day.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that 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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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted ju...
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah:
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and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king...
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But the thing displeased Samuel; when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto...
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And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee:...
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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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Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt she...
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And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons,...
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and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will set...
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12
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and gi...
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And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his...
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And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your ass...
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He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
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And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD w...
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But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a k...
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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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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto th...
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