The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[seed_time_harvest]

1 Samuel 8:2
King James Version(KJV)

2.)Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:3 (NASB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah;

 

[phil36]

New International Version 1Samuel 8:5


They said to him, "You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have."

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Samuel 8:7
New International Version (NIV)

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.

 

[mario1001]

1 Samuel 8:8 "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."

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:9 (NASB)
[SUP]9 [/SUP] "Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them."

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Samuel 8:10
New International Version (NIV)

Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:11 (NASB)
[SUP]11 [/SUP] He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] "He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:13 (NASB)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] "He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:14 (NASB)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] "He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:15 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] "He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:16 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] "He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work.

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Samuel 8:17
New International Version (NIV)

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

 

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[mario1001]

1 Samuel 8:19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us.

 

[Grace777x70]

1 Samuel 8:20 (NASB)
[SUP]20 [/SUP] that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."

 

[mar09]