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1 Kings 8:10-20 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

10. Then Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people that had desired a king of him,

11. And said: This will be the right of the king, that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen to run before his chariots,

12. And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

13. Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.

14. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

15. Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give his eunuchs and servants.

16. Your servants also and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses he will take away, and put them to his work.

17. Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

18. And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

19. But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us.

20. And we also will be like all nations: and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and tight our battles for us.

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