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New Living Translation 
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Israel Requests a King
Samuel Warns against a Kingdom -
|1 Samuel 8:1| As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
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|1 Samuel 8:2| Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.
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|1 Samuel 8:3| But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.
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|1 Samuel 8:4| Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.
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|1 Samuel 8:5| “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
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|1 Samuel 8:6| Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the lord for guidance.
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|1 Samuel 8:7| “Do everything they say to you,” the lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
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|1 Samuel 8:8| Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.
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|1 Samuel 8:9| Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
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|1 Samuel 8:10| So Samuel passed on the lord’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
