¹¹ And he said, “^(A)This will be the ^[a]custom of the king who will reign over you: ^(B)he will take your sons and appoint them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen, and ^(C)they will run before his chariots. ^12 (D)And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to ^[b]do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. ¹³ He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. ^14 (E)He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his ^[c]servants. ¹⁵ He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. ¹⁶ He will also take your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys and ^[d]use them for his work. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. ¹⁸ Then ^(F)you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but ^(G)Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”

²⁵ Then Samuel spoke with the people about ^(A)the legal judgments of the kingdom and wrote them in the book and ^(B)placed it before Yahweh. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.