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It happened, when Shemu'el was old, that he made his sons judges over Yisra'el.
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Now the name of his firstborn was Yo'el; and the name of his second, Aviyah: they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.
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His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
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Then all the Zakenim of Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah;
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and 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.
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But the thing displeased Shemu'el, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. Shemu'el prayed to the LORD.
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The LORD said to Shemu'el, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king 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 Mitzrayim even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.
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Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.