

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.
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.
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
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.
1 Samuel 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD
unto the people that asked of him a king.
1 Samuel
10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself
saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and
ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore
present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your
thousands.
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.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and
captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and
to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and
instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries,
and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and
your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his
servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and
put them to his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be
his servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because
of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will
not hear you in that day.
19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of
Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our
king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he
rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22 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.
