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

¹⁰ Samuel reported everything the LORD told him to the people who were asking him for a king. ¹¹ He said, "This is how the king who rules over you will operate: He will conscript your sons and assign them to his chariots. He will conscript them as his horsemen, and they'll run in front of his chariots. ¹² He will appoint his officers over thousands and officers over fifties some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and craft his war implements and equipment for his chariots. ¹³ He will take your daughters for perfumers, cooks, and bakers. ¹⁴ He will take the best products of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves and give them to his servants. ¹⁵ He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his officers and servants. ¹⁶ He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys to do his work. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flock, and you will become his servants. ¹⁸ When all of this comes about, you will cry out because of your king whom you chose for yourselves, but the LORD won't answer you at that time."