Old Testament

Book	Chapter	Verse
I Samuel	8	(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.
I Samuel	8	(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.
I Samuel	8	(13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
I Samuel	8	(14) And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
I Samuel	8	(15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
I Samuel	8	(16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
I Samuel	8	(17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
I Samuel	8	(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.
I Samuel	8	(19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
I Samuel	8	(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.
I Samuel	8	(21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
I Samuel	8	(22) And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man his city.
I Samuel	9	(1) NOW THERE was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
I Samuel	9	(2) And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
I Samuel	9	(3) And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
I Samuel	9	(4) And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
I Samuel	9	(5) And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
I Samuel	9	(6) And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go.
I Samuel	9	(7) Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
I Samuel	9	(8) And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

I Samuel

8

(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.

I Samuel

8

(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.

I Samuel

8

(13) And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

I Samuel

8

(14) And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

I Samuel

8

(15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

I Samuel

8

(16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

I Samuel

8

(17) He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

I Samuel

8

(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.

I Samuel

8

(19) Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

I Samuel

8

(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.

I Samuel

8

(21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

I Samuel

8

(22) And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man his city.

I Samuel

9

(1) NOW THERE was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

I Samuel

9

(2) And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

I Samuel

9

(3) And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

I Samuel

9

(4) And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

I Samuel

9

(5) And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

I Samuel

9

(6) And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go.

I Samuel

9

(7) Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

I Samuel

9

(8) And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.