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.