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1 Cuando Samuel envejeció, nombró a sus hijos como jefes de Israel.
1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Su primer hijo se llamaba Joel, y su segundo hijo se llamaba Abías. Ambos fueron gobernantes en Beerseba.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
3 Sin embargo, sus hijos no siguieron su camino. Eran corruptos, ganaban dinero aceptando sobornos y pervertían la justicia.
3 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
4 Así que los ancianos de Israel se reunieron y fueron a buscar a Samuel a Ramá.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
5 “Mira” – le dijeron – “tú ya eres viejo y tus hijos no siguen tus caminos. Elige un rey que nos gobierne como a todas las demás naciones”.
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 A Samuel le pareció que era una mala idea cuando le dijeron: “Danos un rey que nos gobierne”, así que oró al Señor al respecto.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
7 “Haz lo que el pueblo te diga”, le dijo el Señor a Samuel, “porque no es a ti a quien rechazan, sino a mí como 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 Están haciendo lo mismo que siempre han hecho desde que los saqué de Egipto hasta ahora. Me han abandonado y han adorado a otros dioses, y lo mismo están haciendo contigo.
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 Así que haz lo que quieran, pero dales una advertencia solemne: explícales lo que hará un rey cuando los gobierne”.
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 repitió delante de todo el pueblo todo lo que el Señor le había dicho en cuanto al pueblo pidiéndole que les diera un rey.
10 Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
11 Entonces les dijo: “Esto es lo que hará un rey cuando gobierne sobre Israel: Tomará a sus hijos y los hará servir como soldados y jinetes, y para que corran como guardia delante de sus propios carruajes.
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 algunos se los asignará como comandantes de millares y comandantes de cincuentenas, y otros tendrán que arar sus campos y segar su cosecha. A algunos los destinará a fabricar armas y equipos para los carros de guerra.
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 a las hijas de ustedes y las hará trabajar como perfumistas, cocineras y panaderas.
13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 Tomará de entre ustedes los mejores campos, viñedos y olivares y se los dará a sus funcionarios.
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 las cosechas de grano de ustedes, así como el producto de sus viñedos y la asignará a sus jefes y funcionarios.
15 He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
16 Tomará a los siervos y siervas de ustedes, así como a sus mejores jóvenes y asnos, y los pondrá a trabajar para él.
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 Tomará la décima parte de los rebaños de ustedes, y ustedes mismos serán ahora sus esclavos.
17 He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
18 Ese día ustedes suplicarán ser rescatados del rey que han elegido, pero el Señor no les responderá”.
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 Pero el pueblo se negó a escuchar lo que Samuel decía. “¡No!”, insistieron. “¡Queremos nuestro propio rey!
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 Así podremos ser como las demás naciones. Nuestro rey nos gobernará y nos guiará cuando salgamos a pelear nuestras batallas”.
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 escuchó todo lo que el pueblo decía y se lo repitió al Señor.
21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
22 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Samuel: “Haz lo que ellos te piden y dales un rey”. Entonces Samuel les dijo a los israelitas: “Vuelvan 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).

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)