Verse 21
1 Samuel 8:21
English Revised Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֣י הָ/עָ֑ם וַֽ/יְדַבְּרֵ֖/ם בְּ/אָזְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And Samuel heard all the words of the people and spoke them in the ears of the Lord.
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Chapter 8 Context
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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...