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Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.
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And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king.
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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] will run before his chariots.
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And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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And he will take your daughters [to be] confectioneries, and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his servants.
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And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.
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And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us;