1 Samuel 8:13-21

New International Version

¹³ He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. ¹⁴ He will take the best of your^(A) fields and vineyards^(B) and olive groves and give them to his attendants.^{(C) 15} He will take a tenth^(D) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. ¹⁶ Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle^[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. ¹⁸ When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer^(E) you in that day.^(F)”

¹⁹ But the people refused^(G) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want^(H) a king^(I) over us. ²⁰ Then we will be like all the other nations,^(J) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

²¹ When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated^(K) it before the Lord.