1 Samuel 8:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flock, and you will become his servants. ¹⁸ When all of this comes about, you will cry out because of your king whom you chose for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”

¹⁹ The people refused to listen to Samuel.^[a] Instead, they insisted, “No! Let a king rule over us instead!