7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. |
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. |
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. |
10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. |
11 And 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, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. |
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. |
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. |
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. |
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. |
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. |
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. |
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. |
