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But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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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.
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According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, with which they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do unto thee.
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Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice; however
first protest solemnly against them by declaring unto them the rights of the king that shall reign over them.
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And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked him for a king.
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And he said, This will be the right 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 chariot.
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And he will appoint captains over thousands and captains over fifties and
will set them to plough his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and the munitions 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 good oliveyards and give
them to his slaves.
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And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards to give to his officers and to his slaves.
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And he will take your menslaves and your maidslaves and your good young men and your asses and do his work with them.