¹⁰And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king. ¹¹And 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, on his chariot and among his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots; ¹²and he will take them that he may appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and that they may plough his ground, and reap his harvest, and make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots. ¹³And he will take your daughters for perfumers, and cooks, and bakers. ¹⁴And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants. ¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants. ¹⁶And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work. ¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants. ¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day. ¹⁹And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us, ²⁰that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

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