1 Samuel 8:11-18 ▼

11 and says, “This is the custom of the king who reigns over you: he takes your sons, and has appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots;

12 also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.

13 And he takes your daughters for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;

14 and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards—he takes the best, and has given to his servants.

15 And he tithes your seed and your vineyards, and has given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

16 And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and your donkeys, he takes, and has prepared for his own work;

17 he tithes your flock, and you are for servants to him.

18 And you have cried out in that day because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH does not answer you in that day.”