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16 He will take your male and female slaves, your best cattle, and your donkeys for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks. In addition, you will be his servants. 18 |When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves. The LORD will not answer you when that day comes.| 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. They said, |No, we want a king! 20 Then we, too, will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us, lead us out [to war], and fight our battles.| 21 When Samuel heard everything the people had to say, he reported it privately to the LORD. 22 The LORD told him, |Listen to them, and give them a king.| Then Samuel told the people of Israel, |Go [back] to your own cities.| 1 Samuel 8:16-22, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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