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The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
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And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
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Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
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And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.
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But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
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As they have done from the first, from the day when I took them out of Egypt till this day, turning away from me and worshipping other gods, so now they are acting in the same way to you.
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Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.
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And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.
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And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;
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And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.