My LORD’s Bible1 Samuel 8
1And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר זָקֵן שְׁמוּאֵל וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־בָּנָיו שֹׁפְטִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2921)
See also: Deuteronomy 16:18-19, 1 Timothy 5:21, Judges 8:22-23, Judges 12:14, 1 Samuel 12:2, 2 Chronicles 19:5-6, Nehemiah 7:2, Judges 5:10, Judges 10:4, Exodus 21:6, 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 14:52
2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
וַיְהִי שֶׁם־בְּנֹו הַבְּכֹור יֹואֵל וְשֵׁם מִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִיָּה שֹׁפְטִים בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע׃ (2490)
See also: 1 Chronicles 6:28, Genesis 22:19, 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Chronicles 6:38, 1 Chronicles 15:17, Amos 5:5
3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
וְלֹא־הָלְכוּ בָנָיו [בְּדַרְכֹו כ] (בִּדְרָכָיו ק) וַיִּטּוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבָּצַע וַיִּקְחוּ־שֹׁחַד וַיַּטּוּ מִשְׁפָּט׃ (2079)
See also: Deuteronomy 16:19, Psalms 15:5, 1 Timothy 6:10, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 23:8, Ecclesiastes 7:7, 2 Samuel 15:4, Isaiah 33:15, 1 Timothy 3:3, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Jeremiah 22:15-17, Micah 3:11, 1 Samuel 12:2, 1 Kings 12:6-11, Psalms 26:10, Amos 5:12, 1 Samuel 12:12, 2 Kings 21:1-3, Job 15:34, Proverbs 15:27
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ כֹּל זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל הָרָמָתָה׃ (2455)
5And 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.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו הִנֵּה אַתָּה זָקַנְתָּ וּבָנֶיךָ לֹא הָלְכוּ בִּדְרָכֶיךָ עַתָּה שִׂימָה־לָּנוּ מֶלֶךְ לְשָׁפְטֵנוּ כְּכָל־הַגֹּויִם׃ (3384)
See also: Deuteronomy 17:14-15, 1 Samuel 9:20, 1 Samuel 12:2, Hosea 13:10, 1 Samuel 8:20, 1 Samuel 8:19-20, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 12:13, 1 Samuel 8:6-8, Acts 13:21, Numbers 22:20, Numbers 23:9, Judges 2:17, Judges 8:22, 1 Samuel 12:1, 1 Samuel 12:17, Proverbs 24:21, Ezekiel 20:32, Micah 5:1
6But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
וַיֵּרַע הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי שְׁמוּאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ תְּנָה־לָּנוּ מֶלֶךְ לְשָׁפְטֵנוּ וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה׃ (3880)
See also: 1 Samuel 15:11, Genesis 28:8, Exodus 18:23, 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 12:17, James 1:5, Exodus 32:21, Exodus 32:32, Numbers 16:15, Numbers 16:22, Numbers 16:46, Judges 8:23, 1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Kings 21:2, Ezra 9:3-5, Psalms 109:4, Luke 6:11-12, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:8, Philippians 4:6
7And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמַע בְּקֹול הָעָם לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ כִּי לֹא אֹתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּי־אֹתִי מָאֲסוּ מִמְּלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶם׃ (3675)
See also: Luke 10:16, 1 Samuel 10:19, Luke 19:14, Exodus 16:8, Luke 19:27, 1 Samuel 12:17, Hosea 13:10-11, Matthew 10:40, John 12:48, 1 Samuel 8:22, Psalms 81:11-12, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Numbers 22:20, Isaiah 66:4, Ezekiel 2:3, Ezekiel 3:7, Matthew 10:24-25, John 13:16, John 15:20-21, Acts 22:8
8According 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.
כְּכָל־הַמַּעֲשִׂים אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ מִיֹּום הַעֲלֹתִי אֹתָם מִמִּצְרַיִם וְעַד־הַיֹּום הַזֶּה וַיַּעַזְבֻנִי וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים כֵּן הֵמָּה עֹשִׂים גַּם־לָךְ׃ (4273)
See also: Exodus 32:1, Psalms 106:34-40, Exodus 14:11-12, Exodus 16:3, Exodus 17:2, Numbers 14:2-4, Numbers 16:2-3, Numbers 16:41, Deuteronomy 9:24, Judges 2:2-3, Judges 2:20, Judges 4:1, Judges 6:1, Judges 13:1, Psalms 78:56-59, Psalms 106:14-21, Ezekiel 20:13, Acts 7:51-53
9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע בְּקֹולָם אַךְ כִּי־הָעֵד תָּעִיד בָּהֶם וְהִגַּדְתָּ לָהֶם מִשְׁפַּט הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶם׃ (3503)
See also: 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 8:11-18, Genesis 21:12, Jeremiah 11:7, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 46:18, 1 Samuel 2:13, 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 14:52, 2 Kings 17:26, Ezekiel 45:7-8, 1 Corinthians 15:31
10And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה אֶל־הָעָם הַשֹּׁאֲלִים מֵאִתֹּו מֶלֶךְ׃ (2396)
See also: Jeremiah 43:1
11And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר זֶה יִהְיֶה מִשְׁפַּט הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִמְלֹךְ עֲלֵיכֶם אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם יִקָּח וְשָׂם לֹו בְּמֶרְכַּבְתֹּו וּבְפָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ לִפְנֵי מֶרְכַּבְתֹּו׃ (5031)
See also: 1 Kings 12:4, 1 Samuel 10:25, 1 Samuel 14:52, 1 Samuel 8:9, Deuteronomy 17:14-20, 2 Samuel 15:1, Deuteronomy 17:16, 1 Kings 10:26, 1 Kings 14:27, 2 Chronicles 8:9, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 22:7, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 9:22, 1 Kings 12:10, 1 Kings 18:46, 2 Chronicles 10:4, 2 Chronicles 26:10-15, Jeremiah 17:25, 1 Samuel 22:17
12And 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.
וְלָשׂוּם לֹו שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְלַחֲרֹשׁ חֲרִישֹׁו וְלִקְצֹר קְצִירֹו וְלַעֲשֹׂות כְּלֵי־מִלְחַמְתֹּו וּכְלֵי רִכְבֹּו׃ (5593)
See also: Exodus 34:21, Isaiah 3:3, Genesis 45:6, Deuteronomy 1:15, 1 Samuel 18:13, 1 Samuel 22:7, 2 Samuel 18:1, 1 Kings 4:7, 1 Kings 4:22-23, 1 Kings 4:27-28, 1 Chronicles 12:18, 1 Chronicles 27:1-22, 2 Chronicles 25:5, 2 Chronicles 32:28-29, Ecclesiastes 5:9, Micah 5:2, Exodus 18:21, 1 Chronicles 15:25, Isaiah 30:24
13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
וְאֶת־בְּנֹותֵיכֶם יִקָּח לְרַקָּחֹות וּלְטַבָּחֹות וּלְאֹפֹות׃ (2781)
14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
וְאֶתשְׂ־דֹותֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶם וְזֵיתֵיכֶם הַטֹּובִים יִקָּח וְנָתַן לַעֲבָדָיו׃ (3235)
15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
וְזַרְעֵיכֶם וְכַרְמֵיכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְנָתַן לְסָרִיסָיו וְלַעֲבָדָיו׃ (2279)
See also: Esther 4:4, Nehemiah 5:15, Hebrews 7:2, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 47:24, 2 Chronicles 18:8, Isaiah 39:7, Daniel 1:3, Daniel 1:7-10, Daniel 1:18
16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם וְאֶת־שִׁפְחֹותֵיכֶם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶם הַטֹּובִים וְאֶת־חֲמֹורֵיכֶם יִקָּח וְעָשָׂה לִמְלַאכְתֹּו׃ (4346)
See also: Song of Solomon 3:7
17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
צֹאנְכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ־לֹו לַעֲבָדִים׃ (1841)
See also: 1 Samuel 17:8, Hebrews 7:2
18And 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.
וּזְעַקְתֶּם בַּיֹּום הַהוּא מִלִּפְנֵי מַלְכְּכֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתֶּם לָכֶם וְלֹא־יַעֲנֶה יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם בַּיֹּום הַהוּא׃ (3033)
See also: Micah 3:4, Proverbs 1:25-28, Proverbs 1:28, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 8:21, 1 Kings 12:11, 2 Chronicles 10:11, Job 27:9, Psalms 18:41, Proverbs 21:13, Luke 13:25
19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
וַיְמָאֲנוּ הָעָם לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקֹול שְׁמוּאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹּא כִּי אִם־מֶלֶךְ יִהְיֶה עָלֵינוּ׃ (1834)
See also: Hebrews 13:17, Deuteronomy 17:14, 1 Samuel 8:5, Jeremiah 44:16, 1 Samuel 9:20, 1 Samuel 10:19, Hosea 13:10, 1 Samuel 10:1, 1 Samuel 11:15, 1 Samuel 12:1, 1 Samuel 12:12, Psalms 81:11, Isaiah 66:4, Jeremiah 7:13, Ezekiel 33:31
20That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
וְהָיִינוּ גַם־אֲנַחְנוּ כְּכָל־הַגֹּויִם וּשְׁפָטָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ וְיָצָא לְפָנֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם אֶת־מִלְחֲמֹתֵנוּ׃ (2418)
See also: 1 Samuel 8:5, 1 Samuel 12:2, Numbers 27:17, Exodus 33:16, Leviticus 20:24-26, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 7:6, Psalms 106:35, John 15:19, Romans 12:12, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Philippians 3:20, 1 Peter 2:9
21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
וַיִּשְׁמַע שְׁמוּאֵל אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הָעָם וַיְדַבְּרֵם בְּאָזְנֵי יְהוָה׃ (1943)
See also: Judges 11:11
22And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל שְׁמַע בְּקֹולָם וְהִמְלַכְתָּ לָהֶם מֶלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל אֶל־אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכוּ אִישׁ לְעִירֹו׃ (4195)