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1 Samuel 8:3-5 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.

4. Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.

5. And they said to him: "Behold, you are elderly, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Appoint for us a king, so that he may judge us, just as all the nations have."

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