1 Samuel 8:17-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. ¹⁸ Then ^(A)you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but ^(B)the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

¹⁹ Nevertheless, the people ^(C)refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,