Monarchy

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Bible verses about “Monarchy”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• 1 Samuel 8:11And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
• 1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
• 1 Samuel 8:13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
• 1 Samuel 8:14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
• 1 Samuel 8:15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
• 1 Samuel 8:16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
• 1 Samuel 8:17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
• 1 Samuel 8:18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.