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1 When Samuel grew old, he made his sons leaders over Israel.
1 Y ACONTECIÓ que habiendo Samuel envejecido, puso sus hijos por jueces sobre Israel.
2 His first son was named Joel, and his second son was named Abijah. They were rulers in Beersheba.
2 Y el nombre de su hijo primogénito fué Joel, y el nombre del segundo, Abia: fueron jueces en Beer-sebah.
3 However, his sons did not follow his ways. They were corrupt, making money by accepting bribes and perverting justice.
3 Mas no anduvieron los hijos por los caminos de su padre, antes se ladearon tras la avaricia, recibiendo cohecho y pervirtiendo el derecho.
4 So the elders of Israel all joined together and came to meet Samuel at Ramah.
4 Entonces todos los ancianos de Israel se juntaron, y vinieron á Samuel en Rama,
5 “Look here,” they told him, “you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. Choose a king to rule over us like all the other nations.”
5 Y dijéronle: He aquí tú has envejecido, y tus hijos no van por tus caminos: por tanto, constitúyenos ahora un rey que nos juzgue, como todas las gentes.
6 Samuel thought this was a bad idea when they said, “Give us a king to rule over us,” so he prayed to the Lord about it.
6 Y descontentó á Samuel esta palabra que dijeron: Danos rey que nos juzgue. Y Samuel oró á Jehová.
7 “Do what the people tell you,” the Lord said to Samuel, “because it's not you they're rejecting, but me as their king.
7 Y dijo Jehová á Samuel: Oye la voz del pueblo en todo lo que te dijeren: porque no te han desechado á ti, sino á mí me han desechado, para que no reine sobre ellos.
8 They're doing just as they have always done since I led them out of Egypt right up to now. They have abandoned me and worshiped other gods, and they're doing just the same to you.
8 Conforme á todas las obras que han hecho desde el día que los saqué de Egipto hasta hoy, que me han dejado y han servido á dioses ajenos, así hacen también contigo.
9 So do what they want, but give them a solemn warning—explain to them what a king will do when he rules over them.”
9 Ahora pues, oye su voz: mas protesta contra ellos declarándoles el derecho del rey que ha de reinar sobre ellos.
10 Samuel repeated all that the Lord had said to the people asking him to give them a king.
10 Y dijo Samuel todas las palabras de Jehová al pueblo que le había pedido rey.
11 “This is what a king will do when he rules over you,” he told them. “He will take your sons and make them serve as charioteers and horsemen, and to run as a guard in front of his chariot.
11 Dijo pues: Este será el derecho del rey que hubiere de reinar sobre vosotros: tomará vuestros hijos, y pondrálos en sus carros, y en su gente de á caballo, para que corran delante de su carro:
12 Some of them he will make commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some will have to plow his fields and reap his harvest. Some will be assigned to making weapons of war and chariot equipment.
12 Y se elegirá capitanes de mil, y capitanes de cincuenta: [pondrálos] asimismo á que aren sus campos, y sieguen sus mieses, y á que hagan sus armas de guerra, y los pertrechos de sus carros:
13 He will take your daughters and have them work as perfume-makers, cooks, and bakers.
13 Tomará también vuestras hijas para que sean perfumadoras, cocineras, y amasadoras.
14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials.
14 Asimismo tomará vuestras tierras, vuestras viñas, y vuestros buenos olivares, y los dará á sus siervos.
15 He will take a tenth of your grain harvest and the produce of your vineyards and allocate it to his chief officers and officials.
15 El diezmará vuestras simientes y vuestras viñas, para dar á sus eunucos y á sus siervos.
16 He will take your male servants and your female servants, and your best young men and your donkeys, and make them work for him.
16 El tomará vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y vuestros buenos mancebos, y vuestros asnos, y con ellos hará sus obras.
17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his slaves.
17 Diezmará también vuestro rebaño, y seréis sus siervos.
18 On that day you will plead to be rescued from the king you have chosen, but the Lord won't answer you then.”
18 Y clamaréis aquel día á causa de vuestro rey que os habréis elegido, mas Jehová no os oirá en aquel día.
19 But the people refused to listen to what Samuel said. “No!” they insisted. “We want our own king!
19 Empero el pueblo no quiso oir la voz de Samuel; antes dijeron: No, sino que habrá rey sobre nosotros:
20 That way we can be like all the other nations. Our king will rule us, and will lead us when we go out to fight our battles.”
20 Y nosotros seremos también como todas las gentes, y nuestro rey nos gobernará, y saldrá delante de nosotros, y hará nuestras guerras.
21 Samuel listened to everything the people said and repeated it to the Lord.
21 Y oyó Samuel todas las palabras del pueblo, y refiriólas en oídos de Jehová.
22 The Lord told Samuel, “Do what they say and give them a king.” Then Samuel told the Israelites, “Go back to your homes.”
22 Y Jehová dijo á Samuel: Oye su voz, y pon rey sobre ellos. Entonces dijo Samuel á los varones de Israel: Idos cada uno á su ciudad.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Abijah

    Second son of Samuel

    Samuel's second son, appointed with his brother Joel as a judge at Beersheba, who took bribes and perverted justice.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28

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  • Joel

    Firstborn son of Samuel

    Samuel's firstborn, appointed with his brother Abijah as a judge at Beersheba, who did not walk in his father's ways but took bribes and perverted justice. Through him Samuel was…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:33

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Places

  • Beersheba

    Today: Southern Israel (Negev)

    The southern frontier of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dug wells and worshiped here at the gateway to the Negev.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23; 1 Samuel 8:2

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Cross references (18)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Deuteronomy 16:18–19; 1 Timothy 5:21; Judges 8:22–23; Nehemiah 7:2; Judges 12:14
  2. 2 Genesis 22:19; 1 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:38; 1 Kings 19:3
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 16:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; Psalm 15:5; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 23:8
  4. 4 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 7:17; Exodus 24:1; Exodus 3:16
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 17:14–15; 1 Samuel 8:19–20; 1 Samuel 8:6–8; Hosea 13:10–11; Numbers 23:9
  6. 6 1 Samuel 15:11; James 1:5; 1 Samuel 12:17; Exodus 32:21; Numbers 16:46
  7. 7 Luke 10:16; 1 Samuel 10:19; Exodus 16:8; Hosea 13:10–11; Luke 19:14
  8. 8 Exodus 32:1; Psalm 106:34–40; Judges 6:1; Numbers 14:2–4; Acts 7:51–53
  9. 9 1 Samuel 10:25; 1 Samuel 8:11–18; Ezekiel 46:18; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 45:7–8
  10. 11 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 10:25; 2 Samuel 15:1; Deuteronomy 17:14–20; 1 Kings 10:26
  11. 12 2 Chronicles 32:28–29; 1 Kings 4:27–28; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 4:22–23; 1 Samuel 22:7
  12. 14 Ezekiel 46:18; 1 Kings 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 21:19
  13. 15 Daniel 1:7–10; Isaiah 39:7; Genesis 37:36; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:18
  14. 18 Micah 3:4; Proverbs 1:25–28; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 21:13
  15. 19 Jeremiah 44:16; Ezekiel 33:31; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13; Psalm 81:11
  16. 20 1 Samuel 8:5; Exodus 33:16; Psalm 106:35; Leviticus 20:24–26; Deuteronomy 7:6
  17. 21 Judges 11:11
  18. 22 1 Samuel 8:7; Hosea 13:11

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 8:1 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XCIX)

    Samuel also died a holy old man, leaving his sons as his successors. I seek for the punishment inflicted upon them, and according to men I find it not: but according to what I know the servants of God suffer every day, they were day by day punished.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)