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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel at Ramah
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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."
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But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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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.
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According 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.
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Now therefore hearken unto their voice. However, yet protest solemnly unto them and show them the ways of the king that shall reign over them."
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And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people who asked of him a king.
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And he said, "This will be the manner of the king who 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.
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And he will appoint him captains over thousands and captains over fifties, and will set them to till his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots.
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And he will take your daughters to be confectioners and to be cooks and to be bakers.
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And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.