When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. Deu 16:18-191Ti 5:212Ch 19:5-6Jdg 12:14Jdg 8:22-23Neh 7:2Jdg 10:4Jdg 5:10 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. 1Ch 6:281Ch 6:381Ki 19:3Amo 5:5Gen 22:19 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice. Deu 16:191Ti 6:10Psa 15:5Exo 18:21Exo 23:81Ti 3:32Sa 15:4Isa 33:15
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah. 1Sa 7:172Sa 5:3Exo 24:1Exo 3:16 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.” Deu 17:14-151Sa 8:19-201Sa 8:6-8Hos 13:10-111Sa 12:17Num 23:9Act 13:21 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” 1Sa 15:111Sa 12:17Jas 1:5Exo 32:21Exo 32:32Ezr 9:3-5Luk 6:11-12Num 16:15
Samuel prayed to the LORD. The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them. Luk 10:161Sa 10:19Exo 16:8Luk 19:14Luk 19:27Hos 13:10-11Mat 10:40Psa 81:11-12 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you. Exo 32:1Psa 106:34-40Act 7:51-53Deu 9:24Exo 14:11-12Exo 16:3Exo 17:2Jdg 13:1 Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.” 1Sa 10:251Sa 8:11-18Ezk 3:18Ezk 46:181Sa 14:521Sa 2:13Ezk 45:7-8
Samuel told all the LORD’s words to the people who asked him for a king. He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots. 1Sa 14:521Sa 10:252Sa 15:1Deu 17:14-201Ki 10:261Ki 1:51Ki 12:101Ki 12:4 He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots. 1Ch 27:1-221Ki 4:22-231Ki 4:27-281Ki 4:71Sa 22:72Ch 32:28-29 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers. He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants. Ezk 46:181Ki 21:71Ki 21:191Sa 22:7 He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants. Dan 1:18Dan 1:3Dan 1:7-10Gen 37:36Isa 39:7 He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work. He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants. You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” Mic 3:4Isa 1:15Pro 1:25-28Isa 8:21Job 27:9Luk 13:25Pro 21:13Psa 18:41
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us, Jer 44:16Ezk 33:31Isa 66:4Jer 7:13Psa 81:11 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.” 1Sa 8:51Pe 2:92Co 6:17Deu 7:6Exo 33:16Jhn 15:19Lev 20:24-26Num 23:9
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. Jdg 11:11 The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” 1Sa 8:7Hos 13:11
Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”