1 Samuel 8 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
1 Y ACONTECIÓ que habiendo Samuel envejecido, puso sus hijos por jueces sobre Israel.
2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
2 Y el nombre de su hijo primogénito fué Joel, y el nombre del segundo, Abia: fueron jueces en Beer-sebah.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted 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 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah.
4 Entonces todos los ancianos de Israel se juntaron, y vinieron á Samuel en Rama,
5 And they 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.'
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 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said: 'Give us a king to judge us.' And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
6 Y descontentó á Samuel esta palabra que dijeron: Danos rey que nos juzgue. Y Samuel oró á Jehová.
7 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 be king over them.
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 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken Me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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 Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'
9 Ahora pues, oye su voz: mas protesta contra ellos declarándoles el derecho del rey que ha de reinar sobre ellos.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
10 Y dijo Samuel todas las palabras de Jehová al pueblo que le había pedido rey.
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 unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots.
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 And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
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 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
13 Tomará también vuestras hijas para que sean perfumadoras, cocineras, y amasadoras.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
14 Asimismo tomará vuestras tierras, vuestras viñas, y vuestros buenos olivares, y los dará á sus siervos.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
15 El diezmará vuestras simientes y vuestras viñas, para dar á sus eunucos y á sus siervos.
16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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 the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
17 Diezmará también vuestro rebaño, y seréis sus siervos.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'
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 hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said: 'Nay; but there shall be a king over us;
19 Empero el pueblo no quiso oir la voz de Samuel; antes dijeron: No, sino que habrá rey sobre nosotros:
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.'
20 Y nosotros seremos también como todas las gentes, y nuestro rey nos gobernará, y saldrá delante de nosotros, y hará nuestras guerras.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them in the ears of the LORD.
21 Y oyó Samuel todas las palabras del pueblo, y refiriólas en oídos de Jehová.
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.'
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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Abijah
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
Joel
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
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 16:18–19; 1 Timothy 5:21; Judges 8:22–23; Nehemiah 7:2; Judges 12:14
- 2 Genesis 22:19; 1 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 5:5; 1 Chronicles 6:38; 1 Kings 19:3
- 3 Deuteronomy 16:19; 1 Timothy 6:10; Psalm 15:5; Exodus 18:21; Exodus 23:8
- 4 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 7:17; Exodus 24:1; Exodus 3:16
- 5 Deuteronomy 17:14–15; 1 Samuel 8:19–20; 1 Samuel 8:6–8; Hosea 13:10–11; Numbers 23:9
- 6 1 Samuel 15:11; James 1:5; 1 Samuel 12:17; Exodus 32:21; Numbers 16:46
- 7 Luke 10:16; 1 Samuel 10:19; Exodus 16:8; Hosea 13:10–11; Luke 19:14
- 8 Exodus 32:1; Psalm 106:34–40; Judges 6:1; Numbers 14:2–4; Acts 7:51–53
- 9 1 Samuel 10:25; 1 Samuel 8:11–18; Ezekiel 46:18; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 45:7–8
- 11 1 Samuel 14:52; 1 Samuel 10:25; 2 Samuel 15:1; Deuteronomy 17:14–20; 1 Kings 10:26
- 12 2 Chronicles 32:28–29; 1 Kings 4:27–28; 1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 4:22–23; 1 Samuel 22:7
- 14 Ezekiel 46:18; 1 Kings 21:7; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 21:19
- 15 Daniel 1:7–10; Isaiah 39:7; Genesis 37:36; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 1:18
- 18 Micah 3:4; Proverbs 1:25–28; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 21:13
- 19 Jeremiah 44:16; Ezekiel 33:31; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13; Psalm 81:11
- 20 1 Samuel 8:5; Exodus 33:16; Psalm 106:35; Leviticus 20:24–26; Deuteronomy 7:6
- 21 Judges 11:11
- 22 1 Samuel 8:7; Hosea 13:11
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What the Fathers said
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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)