1 Samuel 8:1

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Israel Seeks a King In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

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  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. 19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.
  • Judg 5:10 : 10 You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!
  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod The men of Israel said to Gideon,“Rule over us– you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.” 23 Gideon said to them,“I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you.”
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair– they are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
  • 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. 6 He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem my brother Hanani and Hananiah the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

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  • 1 Sam 8:2-11
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    2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba.

    3But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

    4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

    5They 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.”

    6But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.

    7The 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.

    8Just 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.

    9So 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.”

    10So Samuel spoke all of the LORD’S words to the people who were asking him for a king.

    11He 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.

  • 1 Sam 7:15-16
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    15So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

    16Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

  • 1 Sam 12:1-2
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    1Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.

    2Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

  • 1 Sam 8:21-22
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    21So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.

    22The 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.”

  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1David Organizes the Levites When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 1:20
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    20Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”

  • 1 Chr 6:27-28
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    27his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

    28The sons of Samuel:Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second oldest.

  • Acts 13:20-21
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    20All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

    21Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

  • 1 Sam 2:21-22
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    21And indeed the LORD attended to Hannah. She got pregnant and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. But the boy Samuel grew up before the LORD.

    22Eli was very old. And he would hear about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to go to bed with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
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    1The Call of Samuel Now the boy Samuel continued serving the LORD under Eli’s supervision. Receiving a message from the LORD was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

    2Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

    3and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD as well; the ark of God was also there.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
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    12Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.

  • 1 Sam 15:10
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    10Then the LORD’s message came to Samuel:

  • 1 Sam 16:10
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    10Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse,“The LORD has not chosen any of these.”

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the LORD’s message that came through Samuel.

  • 1 Sam 3:20
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    20All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

  • Judg 2:19
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    19When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
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    1Saul Is Rejected as King Then Samuel said to Saul,“I was the one the LORD sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD says.

  • Judg 12:14
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    14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

  • Judg 12:8-9
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    8Order Restored After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel.

    9He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years;

  • 1 Sam 15:17
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    17Samuel said,“Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 12:6
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    6Samuel said to the people,“The LORD is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Sam 16:4
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    4Samuel did what the LORD told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said,“Do you come in peace?”

  • 1 Sam 2:25-26
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    25If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him then?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father. Indeed the LORD had decided to kill them.

    26However, the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the LORD and with people.

  • 1 Sam 9:14-15
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    14So they went up to the town. As they were heading for the middle of the town, Samuel was coming in their direction to go up to the high place.

    15Now the day before Saul arrived, the LORD had told Samuel:

  • 1 Sam 16:6
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    6When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself,“Surely, here before the LORD stands his chosen king!”

  • 1 Sam 10:1
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    1Samuel Anoints Saul Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head. Samuel kissed him and said,“The LORD has chosen you to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the LORD’s people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the LORD has chosen you as leader over his inheritance.

  • 1 Sam 8:19
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    19But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!

  • 1 Sam 3:16
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    16However, Eli called Samuel and said,“Samuel, my son!” He replied,“Here I am.”

  • 1 Chr 10:8
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    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

  • 1 Sam 7:5
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    5Then Samuel said,“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”