15 And he will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and his servants. 16 He will also take your male servants and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and [a]use them for his work. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. 18 Then (A)you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but (B)the Lord will not answer you on that day.”

19 Yet the people (C)refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us, 20 (D)so that we also may be like all the nations, and our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 8:16 Lit make

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