1 Samuel 8:10-18 - Samuel's Warning Against Kings

¹⁰ So then Samuel spake all the words of Yahweh unto the people, who were asking of him, a king. ¹¹ And he said, This, will be the manner of the king who will reign over you, - Your sons, will he take and appoint for himself, as his charioteers and as his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots; ¹² and he will appoint for himself, princes of thousands, and princes of fifties, - and to plough his fields, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and the instruments of his chariots; ¹³ And, your daughters, will he take, - as perfumers and as cooks, and as bakers; ¹⁴ And, your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best of them, will he take, and give to his servants; ¹⁵ And, your seed, and your vineyards, will he tithe, and give to his courtiers and to his servants; ¹⁶ And, your men-servants, and your maidservants, and your oxen, even the goodliest, and your asses, will he take, - and put them to his work; ¹⁷ Your flocks, will he tithe, - and, ye yourselves, shall become his servants. ¹⁸ Then will ye make outcry, in that day, because of your king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, - and Yahweh will not answer you, in that day.