{"id":"1SA.8.1","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":1,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:1","text":"And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel."}
{"id":"1SA.8.2","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":2,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:2","text":"Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba."}
{"id":"1SA.8.3","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":3,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:3","text":"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment."}
{"id":"1SA.8.4","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":4,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:4","text":"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,"}
{"id":"1SA.8.5","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":5,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:5","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.6","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":6,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:6","text":"¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."}
{"id":"1SA.8.7","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":7,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:7","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.8","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":8,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:8","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.9","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":9,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:9","text":"Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them."}
{"id":"1SA.8.10","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":10,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:10","text":"¶ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king."}
{"id":"1SA.8.11","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":11,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:11","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.12","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":12,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:12","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.13","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":13,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:13","text":"And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers."}
{"id":"1SA.8.14","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":14,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:14","text":"And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants."}
{"id":"1SA.8.15","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":15,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:15","text":"And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants."}
{"id":"1SA.8.16","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":16,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:16","text":"And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work."}
{"id":"1SA.8.17","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":17,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:17","text":"He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants."}
{"id":"1SA.8.18","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":18,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:18","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.19","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":19,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:19","text":"¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;"}
{"id":"1SA.8.20","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":20,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:20","text":"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."}
{"id":"1SA.8.21","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":21,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:21","text":"And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD."}
{"id":"1SA.8.22","translation_id":"kjv-eng-kjv2006","book_id":"1SA","book":"1 Samuel","chapter":8,"verse":22,"reference":"1 Samuel 8:22","text":"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."}