1 Samuel 8:10-18
Warning concerning a King
So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people
who had asked of him a king. He said, "This will be the
procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take
your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and
among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots.
He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of
fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest
and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his
chariots. He will also take your daughters for perfumers
and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields
and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his
servants. He will take a tenth of your seed and of your
vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. He
will also take your male servants and your female servants
and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his
work. He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves
will become his servants. Then you will cry out in that day
because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but
the LORD will not answer you in that day."
