1 And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.
2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the ancients of Israel being assembled, came to Samuel to Ramatha.
5 And 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.
6 And 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.