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New International Version NIV
16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use.
17 He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
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He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
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When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”
19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,
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But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.
20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.
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When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD.
22 And Jehovah said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
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The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”
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