11. “This is how your king will treat you,” Samuel explained. “He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.
12. He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plough his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.
13. Your daughters will have to make perfumes for him and work as his cooks and his bakers.
14. He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
15. He will take a tenth of your corn and of your grapes for his court officers and other officials.
16. He will take your servants and your best cattle and donkeys, and make them work for him.
17. He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.