Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.’

10 Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, ‘This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: he will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

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