KJV Bible linked to Three Phrase Concordance


09_1SA_08_01 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

09_1SA_08_02 now the name of his firstborn was Joel; And the name of his second, Abiah: [ they were] judges in Beersheba.

09_1SA_08_03 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, And took bribes, And perverted judgment.

09_1SA_08_04 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, And came to Samuel unto Ramah,

09_1SA_08_05 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.

09_1SA_08_06 but the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, give us A king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

09_1SA_08_07 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.

09_1SA_08_08 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.

09_1SA_08_09 now therefore hearken unto their voice: Howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, And show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

09_1SA_08_10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him A king.

09_1SA_08_11 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.

09_1SA_08_12 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.

09_1SA_08_13 And he will take your daughters [ to be] confectionaries, And [ to be] cooks, And [ to be] bakers.

09_1SA_08_14 And he will take your fields, And your vineyards, And your oliveyards, [ even] the best [ of them], And give [ them] to his servants.

09_1SA_08_15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, And of your vineyards, And give to his officers, And to his servants.

09_1SA_08_16 And he will take your menservants, And your maidservants, And your goodliest young men, And your asses, And put [ them] to his work.

09_1SA_08_17 he will take the tenth of your sheep: And ye shall be his servants.

09_1SA_08_18 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.

09_1SA_08_19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; And they said, Nay; but we will have A king over us;

09_1SA_08_20 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.

09_1SA_08_21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, And he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

09_1SA_08_22 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.