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Passage Lookup: 1 Samuel 8:1-9
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New International Version (1984 Edition)
1 Samuel 8:1
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When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel.
1 Samuel 8:2
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The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba.
1 Samuel 8:3
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But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.
1 Samuel 8:4
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So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
1 Samuel 8:5
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They said to him, "You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead (F26) us, such as all the other nations have."
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1 Samuel 8:6
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But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD .
1 Samuel 8:7
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And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
1 Samuel 8:8
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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.
1 Samuel 8:9
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Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do."
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