1 Samuel 8:10–20

¹⁰And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king, ¹¹and saith, ‘This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots; ¹²also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.

¹³‘And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; ¹⁴and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards—the best—he doth take, and hath given to his servants. ¹⁵And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants. ¹⁶And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men—the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work; ¹⁷your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants. ¹⁸And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.’ ¹⁹And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, ‘Nay, but a king is over us, ²⁰and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.’