ght... That is, the manner (misphat) after which he shall proceed,
having no one to control him, when he has the power in his hand.
8:10. Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had
desired a king of him,
8:11. And said: This will be the right of the king that shall reign over
you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make
them his horsemen, and his running footmen, to run before his chariots,
8:12. And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his
centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make
him arms and chariots.
8:13. Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be
his cooks, and bakers.
8:14. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best
oliveyards, and give them to his servants.
8:15. Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues
of your vineyards, to give to his eunuchs and servants.
8:16. Your servants also, and handmaids, and your goodliest young men,
and your asses, he will take away, and put them to his work.
8:17. Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
8:18. And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom
you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that
day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.
8:19. But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said,
Nay: but there shall be a king over us,
8:20. And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us,
and go out before us, and fight our battles for us.
8:21. And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and rehearsed them
in the ears of the Lord.
8:22. And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to their voice, and make them
a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel: Let every man go to his
city.
1 Kings Chapter 9
Saul seeking his father's asses, cometh to Samuel, by whom he is
entertained.
9:1. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Cis, the son of
Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son
of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong.
9:2. And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and
there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he:
from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.
9:3. And the asses of Cis, Saul's father, were lost: and Cis said to his
son Saul: Take one of the servants with thee, and aris
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