And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. 2Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee. 3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled came to Samuel to Ramatha. 5And they said to him: Behold thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: make us a king, to judge us, as all nations have. 6And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7And the Lord said to Samuel: Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee. For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them. 8According to all their works, they have done from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day: as they have forsaken me, and served strange gods, so do they also unto thee. 9Now, therefore, hearken to their voice: but yet testify to them, and foretell them the right of the king, that shall reign over them.