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Samuel warned that a king would take sons for war and labor, daughters for service, and the best fields and produce. He also said the people would cry out because of their king, but the Lord would not answer. 1 Samuel 8:11–18
11He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;
12and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16He will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
18You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.