1 Samuel 8
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1 Samuel 8:9-18

9NowH6258 then, listenH8085 to their voiceH6963; 1howeverH389, you shall solemnlyH5749 2warnH5749 them and tellH5046 them of 3the 4procedureH4941 of the kingH4428 whoH834 will reignH4427 overH5921 them.”

10So SamuelH8050 spokeH559 allH3605 the wordsH1697 of the LordH3068 to 5the peopleH5971 who had askedH7592 of him a kingH4428. 11He saidH559, “6ThisH2088 will be the 7procedureH4941 of the kingH4428 whoH834 will reignH4427 overH5921 you: 8he will takeH3947 your sonsH1121 and placeH7760 them for himself in his chariotsH4818 and among his horsemenH6571 and 9they will runH7323 beforeH6440 his chariotsH4818. 1210He will appointH7760 for himself commandersH8269 of thousandsH505 and of fiftiesH2572, and some to 11doH2790 his plowingH2758 and to reapH7114 his harvestH7105 and to makeH6213 his weaponsH3627 of warH4421 and equipmentH3627 for his chariotsH7393. 13He will also takeH3947 your daughtersH1323 for perfumersH7548 and cooksH2879 and bakersH644. 1412He will takeH3947 the bestH2896 of your fieldsH7704 and your vineyardsH3754 and your oliveH2132 grovesH2132 and giveH5414 them to his servantsH5650. 15He will takeH6237 a tenthH6237 of your seedH2233 and of your vineyardsH3754 and giveH5414 to his officersH5631 and to his servantsH5650. 16He will also takeH3947 your maleH5650 servantsH5650 and your femaleH8198 servantsH8198 and your bestH2896 youngH970 menH970 and your donkeysH2543 and 13useH6213 them for his workH4399. 17He will takeH6237 a tenthH6237 of your flocksH6629, and you yourselvesH864 will becomeH1961 his servantsH5650. 18Then 14you will cryH2199 out in that dayH3117 becauseH4480H6440 of your kingH4428 whomH834 you have chosenH977 for yourselves, but 15the LordH3068 will not answerH6030 you in that dayH3117.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 8:9 Ezek 3:18 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 8:9 Lit testify to ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 8:9 1 Sam 8:11-18; 10:25 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 8:9 Lit custom ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 8:10 1 Sam 8:4 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 8:11 Deut 17:14-20; 1 Sam 10:25 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 8:11 Lit custom ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 8:11 1 Sam 14:52 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 8:11 2 Sam 15:1 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 8:12 Num 31:14; 1 Sam 22:7 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 8:12 Lit plow his plowing ↩
  12. 12. 1 Samuel 8:14 1 Kin 21:7; Ezek 46:18 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Samuel 8:16 Lit make ↩
  14. 14. 1 Samuel 8:18 Is 8:21 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Samuel 8:18 Prov 1:25-28; Is 1:15; Mic 3:4 ↩

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