1 Samuel 8:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ “A king will take your men and women servants. He will take your best cattle^[a] and your donkeys. He will use them all for his own work. ¹⁷ He will take one-tenth of your flocks.

“And you yourselves will become slaves of this king. ¹⁸ When that time comes, you will cry because of the king you chose. But the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”