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factum est autem cum senuisset Samuhel posuit filios suosiudices Israhel

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fuitque nomen filii eius primogeniti Iohel et nomen secundiAbia iudicum in Bersabee

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et non ambulaverunt filii illius in viis eius seddeclinaverunt post avaritiam acceperuntque munera etperverterunt iudicium

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congregati ergo universi maiores natu Israhel venerunt adSamuhel in Ramatha

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dixeruntque ei ecce tu senuisti et filii tui non ambulant inviis tuis constitue nobis regem ut iudicet nos sicut universaehabent nationes

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displicuitque sermo in oculis Samuhelis eo quod dixissent danobis regem ut iudicet nos et oravit Samuhel Dominum

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dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel audi vocem populi in omnibusquae loquuntur tibi non enim te abiecerunt sed me ne regnemsuper eos

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iuxta omnia opera sua quae fecerunt a die qua eduxi eos deAegypto usque ad diem hanc sicut dereliquerunt me et servieruntdiis alienis sic faciunt etiam tibi

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nunc ergo audi vocem eorum verumtamen contestare eos etpraedic eis ius regis qui regnaturus est super eos

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dixit itaque Samuhel omnia verba Domini ad populum quipetierat a se regem

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et ait hoc erit ius regis qui imperaturus est vobis filiosvestros tollet et ponet in curribus suis facietque sibi equiteset praecursores quadrigarum suarum

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et constituet sibi tribunos et centuriones et aratoresagrorum suorum et messores segetum et fabros armorum et curruumsuorum

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filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias et focariaset panificas

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agros quoque vestros et vineas et oliveta optima tollet etdabit servis suis

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sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit utdet eunuchis et famulis suis

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servos etiam vestros et ancillas et iuvenes optimos etasinos auferet et ponet in opere suo

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greges vestros addecimabit vosque eritis ei servi

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et clamabitis in die illa a facie regis vestri quemelegistis vobis et non exaudiet vos Dominus in die illa

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noluit autem populus audire vocem Samuhel sed dixeruntnequaquam rex enim erit super nos

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et erimus nos quoque sicut omnes gentes et iudicabit nosrex noster et egredietur ante nos et pugnabit bella nostra pronobis

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et audivit Samuhel omnia verba populi et locutus est ea inauribus Domini

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dixit autem Dominus ad Samuhel audi vocem eorum etconstitue super eos regem et ait Samuhel ad viros Israhel vadatunusquisque in civitatem suam

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008:001
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto 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: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

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And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

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And 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.

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And 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.

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And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

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And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

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And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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And 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.

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Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

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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.

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And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

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And 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.

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