1 Samuel 8:14-22

14He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his servants.

15He can take a tenth of your grain and your vineyards and give them to his officials and servants.

16He can take your male servants, your female servants, your best cattle, and your donkeys and use them for his work.

17He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

18When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.”

19The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

20Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.”

21Samuel listened to all the people’s words and then repeated them to the Lord.

22“Listen to them,” the Lord told Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Each of you, go back to your city.”