1 And it happened that, when Samuel had become old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of the second was Abijah: judges at Beersheba.
3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
4 Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.
5 And they said to him: “Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have.”
6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, for they had said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord.
7 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.
8 In accord with all their works, which they have done from the day when I led them away from Egypt, even to this day: just as they have forsaken me, and served foreign gods, so now they also do to you.
9 Now therefore, hear their voice. Yet truly, testify to them and foretell to them the rights of the king who will reign over them.”
10 And so, Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people, who had petitioned a king from him.
11 And he said: “This will be the right of the king who will have authority over you: He will take your sons, and place them in his chariots. And he will make them his horsemen and his runners before his four-horse chariots.
12 And he will appoint them to be his tribunes and centurions, and the plowmen of his fields, and the harvesters of the grain, and the makers of his weapons and chariots.
13 Likewise, your daughters he will take for himself as makers of ointments, and as cooks and bakers.
14 Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
15 Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.
16 Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.
17 Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
18 And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”
19 But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,
20 and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them to the ears of the Lord.
22 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and appoint a king over them.” And Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Let each one go to his own city.”
Versículos relacionados com 1 Samuel, 8:
Chapter 8 of 1 Samuel describes the moment when the people of Israel asks Samuel to establish a king to rule over them, even if it means rejecting God's direct leadership over the nation. The central question of the chapter is the tension between the will of the people of having a human king and God's will to rule Israel directly. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in 1 Samuel 8:
Deuteronomy 17:14-15: "When you enter the earth that the Lord your God gives you, and possesses it, and inhabits, and said, I will put upon me a king, like all the nations that are around me; upon you a king, may the Lord your God choose; among thy brethren you shall be king upon you, you will not be able to over a strange man, other than your brothers. " This verse describes God's law for the choice of a king in Israel, indicating that this decision should not be made lightly and that the king must be chosen from the Israelites themselves.
1 Samuel 9:16: "Tomorrow, at this time, I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, who you will anoint Prince about my Israel people, and he will rid my people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked To my people, because their cry came to me. " In this verse, God tells Samuel that he will choose a leader to Israel, indicating that the king's choice is not a new or strange idea, but that the process must be guided by God's will.
1 Samuel 10:24: "Samuel said to all the people, Do you see whom the Lord has chosen? This verse describes Saul's anointing as king of Israel, confirming that God has chosen a king to lead the nation.
1 Samuel 12:12: "See, for, who in the King of the children of Ammon, came against you, you have been told, no, but a king shall reign upon us; but the Lord your God will be your king." In this verse, Samuel reminds the people of his choice of a king and highlights the importance of continuing to trust God as his true leader.
1 Chronicles 29:11-12: "Your, Lord, is greatness, power, glory, victory, and majesty; for thy is all that there is in heaven and on earth; thy, Lord, it is the kingdom, and You have exalted you for boss over all. Riches and glory come from you, you dominate over everything, in your hand there is strength and power; These verses bring a reflection on God's sovereignty and his position as king about everything that exists, including riches and power. Chapter 8 of 1 Samuel deals with the choice of an earthly king by the Israelites, but these verses of chronicles 29 highlight that true authority and power belong to God.
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