1st Samuel Chapter 8 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And it came to pass, when Samuel <H8050> was old, <H2204> that he made <H7760> his sons <H1121> judges <H8199> over Israel. <H3478>
2: Now the name <H8034> of his firstborn <H1121> <H1060> was Joel; <H3100> and the name <H8034> of his second, <H4932> Abiah: <H0029> [they were] judges <H8199> in Beersheba. <H0884>
3: And his sons <H1121> walked <H1980> not in his ways, <H1870> but turned aside <H5186> after <H0310> lucre, <H1215> and took <H3947> bribes, <H7810> and perverted <H5186> judgment. <H4941>
4: Then all the elders <H2205> of Israel <H3478> gathered themselves together, <H6908> and came <H0935> to Samuel <H8050> unto Ramah, <H7414>
5: And said <H0559> unto him, Behold, thou art old, <H2204> and thy sons <H1121> walk <H1980> not in thy ways: <H1870> now make <H7760> us a king <H4428> to judge <H8199> us like all the nations. <H1471>
6: But the thing <H1697> displeased <H3415> <H5869> Samuel, <H8050> when they said, <H0559> Give <H5414> us a king <H4428> to judge <H8199> us. And Samuel <H8050> prayed <H6419> unto the LORD. <H3068>
7: And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Samuel, <H8050> Hearken <H8085> unto the voice <H6963> of the people <H5971> in all that they say <H0559> unto thee: for they have not rejected <H3988> thee, but they have rejected <H3988> me, that I should not reign <H4427> over them.
8: According to all the works <H4639> which they have done <H6213> since the day <H3117> that I brought them up <H5927> out of Egypt <H4714> even unto this day, <H3117> wherewith they have forsaken <H5800> me, and served <H5647> other <H0312> gods, <H0430> so do <H6213> they also unto thee.
9: Now therefore hearken <H8085> unto their voice: <H6963> howbeit <H0389> yet protest <H5749> solemnly <H5749> unto them, and shew <H5046> them the manner <H4941> of the king <H4428> that shall reign <H4427> over them.
10: And Samuel <H8050> told <H0559> all the words <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> unto the people <H5971> that asked <H7592> of him a king. <H4428>
11: And he said, <H0559> This will be the manner <H4941> of the king <H4428> that shall reign <H4427> over you: He will take <H3947> your sons, <H1121> and appoint <H7760> [them] for himself, for his chariots, <H4818> and [to be] his horsemen; <H6571> and [some] shall run <H7323> before <H6440> his chariots. <H4818>
12: And he will appoint <H7760> him captains <H8269> over thousands, <H0505> and captains <H8269> over fifties; <H2572> and [will set them] to ear <H2790> his ground, <H2758> and to reap <H7114> his harvest, <H7105> and to make <H6213> his instruments <H3627> of war, <H4421> and instruments <H3627> of his chariots. <H7393>
13: And he will take <H3947> your daughters <H1323> [to be] confectionaries, <H7548> and [to be] cooks, <H2879> and [to be] bakers. <H0644>
14: And he will take <H3947> your fields, <H7704> and your vineyards, <H3754> and your oliveyards, <H2132> [even] the best <H2896> [of them], and give <H5414> [them] to his servants. <H5650>
15: And he will take the tenth <H6237> of your seed, <H2233> and of your vineyards, <H3754> and give <H5414> to his officers, <H5631> and to his servants. <H5650>
16: And he will take <H3947> your menservants, <H5650> and your maidservants, <H8198> and your goodliest <H2896> young men, <H0970> and your asses, <H2543> and put <H6213> [them] to his work. <H4399>
17: He will take the tenth <H6237> of your sheep: <H6629> and ye shall be his servants. <H5650>
18: And ye shall cry out <H2199> in that day <H3117> because <H6440> of your king <H4428> which ye shall have chosen <H0977> you; and the LORD <H3068> will not hear <H6030> you in that day. <H3117>
19: Nevertheless the people <H5971> refused <H3985> to obey <H8085> the voice <H6963> of Samuel; <H8050> and they said, <H0559> Nay; but we will have a king <H4428> over us;
20: That we also may be like all the nations; <H1471> and that our king <H4428> may judge <H8199> us, and go out <H3318> before <H6440> us, and fight <H3898> our battles. <H4421>
21: And Samuel <H8050> heard <H8085> all the words <H1697> of the people, <H5971> and he rehearsed <H1696> them in the ears <H0241> of the LORD. <H3068>
22: And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> to Samuel, <H8050> Hearken <H8085> unto their voice, <H6963> and make <H4427> them a king. <H4428> And Samuel <H8050> said <H0559> unto the men <H0582> of Israel, <H3478> Go <H3212> ye every man <H0376> unto his city. <H5892>