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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
SA1 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and
came to Samuel unto Ramah,
SA1 8:5 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.
SA1 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king
to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
SA1 8:7 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.
SA1 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day
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