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    1 Samuel · 22 verses

    1 Samuel 8

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    The people are warned that a king will take their sons, their fields, their cattle, and finally themselves—and answer that they must have one anyway.

    A family arrangement goes sourvv. 1–6

    Samuel grows old and appoints Joel and Abijah as judges, but the sons turn aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice. The elders of Israel therefore come to Samuel at Ramah with a tidy solution to a rather untidy family problem: appoint a king, like the other nations. Samuel finds the demand displeasing and prays to the LORD.

    The king-shaped warningvv. 7–22

    The LORD tells Samuel to listen, while explaining that Israel has rejected the LORD as king. Samuel then gives the requested catalogue: sons for chariots and war, daughters for perfumers, cooks, and bakers, fields and harvests for servants, cattle and donkeys for royal use, and the people themselves as slaves. When Samuel says that they will beg for relief and not be answered, the people decline to be persuaded. They want a king to make them like the other nations, to judge them, go before them, and fight their battles. The LORD says to appoint one, and Samuel sends everyone back to his city.

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    1. 1 Sam 8:1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

    2. 1 Sam 8:2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

    3. 1 Sam 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

    4. 1 Sam 8:4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    5. 1 Sam 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

    6. 1 Sam 8:6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

    7. 1 Sam 8:7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

    8. 1 Sam 8:8Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

    9. 1 Sam 8:9Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

    10. 1 Sam 8:10So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11. 1 Sam 8:11He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.

    12. 1 Sam 8:12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

    13. 1 Sam 8:13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

    14. 1 Sam 8:14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

    15. 1 Sam 8:15He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

    16. 1 Sam 8:16And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

    17. 1 Sam 8:17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

    18. 1 Sam 8:18When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

    19. 1 Sam 8:19Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

    20. 1 Sam 8:20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

    21. 1 Sam 8:21Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

    22. 1 Sam 8:22“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 7Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
    • 71 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
    • 3Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
    • 1Deuteronomy 16:18–19You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
    • 3Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
    • 31 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
    • 7Exodus 16:8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
    • 7Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
    • 91 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
    • 3Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
    • 3Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
    • 5Deuteronomy 17:14–15When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
    • 7Hosea 13:10–11Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
    • 7Matthew 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
    • 111 Samuel 14:52And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
    • 14Ezekiel 46:18The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”

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