1 Samuel 8 (NET)

1 Samuel 8:1¹In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 16:18-191 Tim 5:212 Chr 19:5-6Judg 12:14Judg 8:22-23Neh 7:2Judg 10:4Judg 5:10

1 Samuel 8:2²The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:281 Chr 6:381 Kgs 19:3Amos 5:5Gen 22:19

1 Samuel 8:3³But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 16:191 Tim 6:10Ps 15:5Exod 18:21Exod 23:81 Tim 3:32 Sam 15:4Isa 33:15Eccl 2:19Jer 22:15-17

1 Samuel 8:4⁴So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 7:172 Sam 5:3Exod 24:1Exod 3:16

1 Samuel 8:5⁵They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 17:14-151 Sam 8:19-201 Sam 8:6-8Hos 13:10-111 Sam 12:17Num 23:9Acts 13:21

1 Samuel 8:6⁶But this request displeased Samuel, for they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:111 Sam 12:17Jas 1:5Exod 32:21Exod 32:32Ezra 9:3-5Luke 6:11-12Num 16:15Num 16:22Num 16:46

1 Samuel 8:7⁷The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:161 Sam 10:19Exod 16:8Luke 19:14Luke 19:27Hos 13:10-11Matt 10:40Ps 81:11-121 Sam 12:17-19Isa 66:4

1 Samuel 8:8⁸Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:1Ps 106:34-40Acts 7:51-53Deut 9:24Exod 14:11-12Exod 16:3Exod 17:2Judg 13:1Judg 2:2-3Judg 2:20

1 Samuel 8:9⁹So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 10:251 Sam 8:11-18Ezek 3:18Ezek 46:181 Sam 14:521 Sam 2:13Ezek 45:7-8

1 Samuel 8:10¹⁰So Samuel spoke all the Lord ’s words to the people who were asking him for a king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 8:11¹¹He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 14:521 Sam 10:252 Sam 15:1Deut 17:14-201 Kgs 10:261 Kgs 1:51 Kgs 12:101 Kgs 12:41 Kgs 18:462 Chr 26:10-15

1 Samuel 8:12¹²He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 27:1-221 Kgs 4:22-231 Kgs 4:27-281 Kgs 4:71 Sam 22:72 Chr 32:28-29

1 Samuel 8:13¹³He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 8:14¹⁴He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his own servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 46:181 Kgs 21:71 Kgs 21:191 Sam 22:7

1 Samuel 8:15¹⁵He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 1:18Dan 1:3Dan 1:7-10Gen 37:36Isa 39:7

1 Samuel 8:16¹⁶He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 8:17¹⁷He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Samuel 8:18¹⁸In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 3:4Isa 1:15Prov 1:25-28Isa 8:21Job 27:9Luke 13:25Prov 21:13Ps 18:41

1 Samuel 8:19¹⁹But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 44:16Ezek 33:31Isa 66:4Jer 7:13Ps 81:11

1 Samuel 8:20²⁰We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:51 Pet 2:92 Cor 6:17Deut 7:6Exod 33:16John 15:19Lev 20:24-26Num 23:9Phil 3:20Ps 106:35

1 Samuel 8:21²¹So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 11:11

1 Samuel 8:22²²The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 8:7Hos 13:11