King James Version
1 ¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of
mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
2 And he had two
wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and
Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
3 And this man
went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
4 And when the
time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her
sons and her daughters, portions:
5 But unto Hannah
he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had
shut up her womb.
6 And her
adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had
shut up her womb.
7 And as he did
so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked
her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
8
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why
eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten
sons?
9 ¶ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and
after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the
temple of the LORD.
10 And she was in
bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
11
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look
on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him
unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his
head.
12 And it came to
pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her
mouth.
13 Now Hannah,
she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard:
therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said
unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful
spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul
before the LORD.
16 Count not
thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
17
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant
thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
18 And she said,
Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did
eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
19 ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and
worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their
house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
20 Wherefore it
came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she
bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the
LORD.
21
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
22 But Hannah
went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be
weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and
there abide for ever.
23
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry
until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman
abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
24 And when she
had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of
flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
25 And they slew
a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
26 And she said,
Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee
here, praying unto the LORD.
27 For this child
I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of
him:
28 Therefore also
I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD.
And he worshipped the LORD there.
1 ¶ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in
the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged
over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none
holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like
our God.
3 Talk no more so
exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for
the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the
mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 They that were
full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so
that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
6 The LORD
killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7 The LORD maketh
poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8 He raiseth up
the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,
to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for
the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
9 He will keep
the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by
strength shall no man prevail.
10 The
adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth;
and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11 ¶ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the
child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
12 Now the sons
of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13
And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered
sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a
fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
14 And he struck
it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought
up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Also before
they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that
sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden
flesh of thee, but raw.
16 And if any man
said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17 Wherefore the
sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the
offering of the LORD.
18 But Samuel
ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his
mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when
she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 And Eli
blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman
for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons
and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22 Now Eli was
very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay
with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil
dealings by all this people.
24 Nay, my sons;
for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
25 If one man sin
against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against
the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto
the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
26 And the child
Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the
house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
28 And did I
choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine
altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the
house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have
commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves
fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the
LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy
father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they
that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the
days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house,
that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32 And thou shalt
see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for
ever.
33 And the man of
thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine
eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die
in the flower of their age.
34 And this shall
be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35 And I will
raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine
heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk
before mine anointed for ever.
36 And it shall
come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and
shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may
eat a piece of bread.
1 ¶ And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before
Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open
vision.
2
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place,
and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
3 And ere the
lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and
Samuel was laid down to sleep;
4 That the LORD
called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
5
And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he
said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
6 And the LORD
called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am
I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down
again.
7
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD
yet revealed unto him.
8 And the LORD
called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said,
Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called
the child.
9
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel
went and lay down in his place.
10 And the LORD
came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel
answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
11 ¶ And the LORD said to Samuel,
Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that
heareth it shall tingle.
12 In that day I
will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house:
when I begin, I will also make an end.
13 For I have
told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he
restrained them not.
14 And therefore
I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not
be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15 And Samuel lay
until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel
feared to shew Eli the vision.
16
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here
am I.
17 And he said,
What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not
from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of
all the things that he said unto thee.
18 And Samuel told
him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the
LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
19 ¶ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did
let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel
from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of
the LORD.
21
And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
1 ¶ And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel
went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and
the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the
Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined
battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in
the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the
people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore
hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of
the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us,
it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people
sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of
the covenant of God.
5 And when the
ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a
great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when the
Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of
this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines
were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto
us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us!
who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods
that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be
not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like
men, and fight.
10 ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten,
and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter;
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and
came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his
head.
13 And when he
came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the
city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli
heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult?
And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was
ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man
said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the
army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the
messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there
hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to
pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat
backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was
an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 ¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with
child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings
that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were
dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And about the
time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou
hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and
her husband.
22 And she said,
The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 ¶ And the Philistines took the ark
of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
2 When the
Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and
set it by Dagon.
3 And when they
of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon
his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set
him in his place again.
4 And when they
arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to
the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms
of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5 Therefore
neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on
the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
6 ¶ But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of
Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the
coasts thereof.
7
And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the
God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon
Dagon our god.
8 They sent
therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said,
What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the
ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark
of the God of Israel about thither.
9 And it was so,
that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the
city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both
small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
10 Therefore they
sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our
people.
11 So they sent
and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the
ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us
not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the
city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
12 And the men
that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to
heaven.
1 ¶ And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the
Philistines seven months.
2
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to
his place.
3 And they said,
If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise
return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known
to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice,
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on
you all, and on your lords.
5 Wherefore ye
shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and
from off your land.
6 Wherefore then
do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?
when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and
they departed?
7
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there
hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home
from them:
8 And take the
ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye
return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send
it away, that it may go.
9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then
he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not
his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
10 ¶ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and
tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the
mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 And the kine
took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway,
lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and
the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
13 And they of
Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up
their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14 And the cart
came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was
a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
15 And the
Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein
the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of
Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto
the LORD.
16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to
Ekron the same day.
17 And these are
the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto
the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for
Ekron one;
18
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country
villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of
the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the
Bethshemite.
19 ¶ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they
had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the
people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented,
because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
20 And the men of
Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom
shall he go up from us?
21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying,
The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch
it up to you.
1 ¶ And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the
ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab
in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
2 And it came to
pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was
twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel,
saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts,
then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your
hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the
hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the
children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
5
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
unto the LORD.
6 And they
gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD,
and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And
Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 ¶ And when the Philistines heard
that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it,
they were afraid of the Philistines.
8 And the
children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for
us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
9
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD
heard him.
10 And as Samuel
was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against
Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the
Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
11
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines,
and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
12 Then Samuel
took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it
Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more
into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was
against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
14 And the cities
which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron
even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of
the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel
judged Israel all the days of his life.
16
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
17 And his return
was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he
built an altar unto the LORD.
1 ¶ And it came to pass, when Samuel
was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of
his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in
Beersheba.
3 And his sons
walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 ¶ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And 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.
6
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge
us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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 reign over them.
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, wherewith they have forsaken me,
and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
9 Now therefore
hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them
the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of
him a king.
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 for himself, for his chariots, and to be his
horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to
make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will
take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will
take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers,
and to his servants.
16 And he will
take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He will take
the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And ye shall
cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and
the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19 Nevertheless
the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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 And Samuel
heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the
LORD.
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.