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1 And it will be when Samuel was old, he set his sons judges to Israel. 2 And the name of his son the firstborn will be Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: judges at the Well of the Oath. 3 And his sons went not in his way, and they will incline after plunder, and they will take a gift, and they will turn away from judgment. 4 And all the old men of Israel will gather together and will come to Samuel to Ramah; 5 And they will say to him, Behold, thou wert old, and thy sons went not in thy ways: now set up for us a king to judge us as all the nations. 6 And the word will be evil in the eyes of Samuel when they said, Give to us a king to judge us: and Samuel will pray to Jehovah. 7 And Jehovah will say to Samuel, Hear to the voice of the people to all which they will say to thee: for not thee did they reject, but me they rejected from reigning over them. 1 Samuel 8:1-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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