1 Samuel 8:14-22

14The king will take your best fields, vines and olive trees away from you. He will give all these to his own officers.

15He will take a tenth part of all your seeds and grapes. He will give them to his officers and servants.

16He will take your male and female servants for himself. He will take your best cows and your donkeys. He will use them for his own work.

17He will take a tenth of all your sheep and your goats. You yourselves will become his servants too.

18Then you will complain loudly to the Lord about your king that you have chosen to lead you. But the Lord will not answer you when you do that.’

19But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said, ‘No! We want a king to rule us.

20We want to be like all the other nations! We want a king to rule us. He will be our leader when we go to fight our enemies.’

21Samuel listened to everything that the people said. Then he told the Lord about it all.

22The Lord said to Samuel, ‘You must do what they want. You must give a king to them.’ Then Samuel told Israel's people, ‘Return to your own towns, each of you.’