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1 En su vejez Samuel se retiró y nombró jueces de Israel a sus hijos.
1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Joel, que era el primogénito, y Abías, que era el segundo, se establecieran como jueces en Berseba.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 Pero no eran como su padre, porque eran codiciosos. Aceptaban sobornos y se corrompían en la administración de la justicia.
3 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 Entonces los jefes de Israel se reunieron en Ramá para discutir el asunto con Samuel.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
5 Le dijeron que desde que se había retirado las cosas no eran iguales, porque sus hijos no andaban por buen camino. «Danos un rey como las demás naciones lo tienen» —le rogaron.
5 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6 Esto puso a Samuel terriblemente molesto y fue a consultar al Señor.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7 «Haz lo que te piden —respondió el Señor—, porque no te están rechazando a ti sino a mí. Ellos no quieren que yo sea su rey.
7 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
8 Desde que los saqué de la tierra de Egipto, continuamente se han apartado de mí y han seguido a otros dioses. Ahora te dan a ti el mismo trato.
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
9 Complácelos, pero adviérteles lo que significará tener un rey».
9 Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
10 Samuel le comunicó al pueblo lo que el Señor le había dicho:
10 Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
11 ―Si insisten en tener un rey, sepan lo que les espera; a algunos de los hijos de ustedes los tomará y los destinará a sus carros y a su caballería para que salgan delante de él a la guerra;
11 He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
12 a otros los hará oficiales del ejército, y a otros los obligará a labrar los campos reales, a segar sus cosechas sin recibir pago, y a hacer armas y equipo bélico para sus carros.
12 He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest; and to make his instruments of war and the instruments of his chariots.
13 Tomará las hijas de ustedes y las obligará a cocinar y a hacer perfumes para él.
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 Tomará lo mejor de los campos, viñedos y olivares, y lo dará a sus amigos.
14 He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
15 Tomará la décima parte de la cosecha y la dará a sus funcionarios y cortesanos.
15 He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16 Exigirá que le proporcionen esclavos y los mejores animales para su uso personal.
16 He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
17 Exigirá la décima parte del ganado y ustedes mismos serán sus esclavos.
17 He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
18 Cuando llegue ese día, ustedes derramarán amargas lágrimas a causa del rey que piden hoy, pero el Señor no les ayudará.
18 You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
19 Con todo, el pueblo no quiso oír la advertencia de Samuel. ―De todos modos, queremos un rey —le dijeron—.
19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
20 Queremos ser como las demás naciones que nos rodean. Él nos gobernará y nos conducirá a la batalla.
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.”
21 Samuel le comunicó al Señor lo que el pueblo había decidido,
21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
22 y el Señor contestó: ―Haz lo que ellos dicen y dales un rey. Samuel, pues, les dio la respuesta afirmativa y los envió a sus casas.
22 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.” Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”

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).

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“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)