8. They are acting toward you just as they have acted from the day I brought them up from Egypt to this very day, deserting me to serve other gods.
9. Now listen to them; but at the same time, give them a solemn warning and inform them of the rights of the king who will rule them.
10. Samuel delivered the message of the Lord in full to those who were asking him for a king.
11. He told them: “The governance of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
12. He will appoint from among them his commanders of thousands and of hundreds. He will make them do his plowing and harvesting and produce his weapons of war and chariotry.
13. He will use your daughters as perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
14. He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his servants.
15. He will tithe your crops and grape harvests to give to his officials and his servants.
16. He will take your male and female slaves, as well as your best oxen and donkeys, and use them to do his work.