1 SAMUEL 7:17
And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
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1 SAMUEL 8:1
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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1 SAMUEL 8:2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beer-sheba.
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1 SAMUEL 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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1 SAMUEL 8:4
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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1 SAMUEL 8:5
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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1 SAMUEL 8:6
# But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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1 SAMUEL 8:7
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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1 SAMUEL 8:8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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1 SAMUEL 8:9
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
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1 SAMUEL 8:10
# And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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1 SAMUEL 8:11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots.
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