16. “A king will take your men and women servants. He will take your best cattle and your donkeys. He will use them all for his own work.
17. He will take one-tenth of your flocks. “And you yourselves will become slaves of this king.
18. When that time comes, you will cry because of the king you chose. But the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”
19. But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said, “No, we want a king to rule over us.
20. Then we will be the same as all the other nations. Our king will lead us. He will go before us and fight our battles.”
21. Samuel listened to the people and then repeated their words to the Lord.
22. The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.” Then Samuel told the Israelites, “You will have a king. Now go home.”