15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage and give it to his officials and slaves.
16 He will also take your male and female servants, your best young men and your donkeys and make them do his work.
17 He will also take the tenth of your flocks. Then you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 When the day comes and you cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, Adonai will not answer you on that day.”
19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel, and they said, “No! But a king should be over us!
20 So we may become like all the nations—having our king who will judge us, go out before us and fight our battles.”
21 After Samuel heard all the words of the people, he reported them back in the hearing of Adonai.