Verse 9

Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

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  • 1 Sam 8:11-18 : 11 He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. 12 He will appoint them as commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties. Some will plow his fields, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and vineyards and give it to his courtiers and servants. 16 He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his own work. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 On that day, you will cry out because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.
  • 1 Sam 10:25 : 25 Samuel explained to the people the rights and duties of kingship. He wrote them in a scroll and laid it before the LORD. Then he sent all the people away, each to their home.
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  • Ezek 45:7-8 : 7 The prince will have land on both sides of the holy offering and the property of the city, alongside the areas of the holy offering and the city’s property, stretching westward to the western boundary and eastward to the eastern boundary. It will correspond in length to one of the tribal portions, reaching from the western border to the eastern border. 8 This land will be his possession in Israel, and my princes will no longer oppress my people. They are to give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
  • Ezek 46:18 : 18 The prince must not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressing them or removing property from their possession. He is to give his sons their own inheritance from his property so that none of my people are driven from their rightful possession.
  • 1 Sam 14:52 : 52 The war against the Philistines was fierce throughout Saul’s reign. Whenever Saul saw a strong or valiant man, he brought him into his service.
  • 1 Sam 2:13 : 13 'This was the custom of the priests with the people: Whenever someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came with a three-pronged fork while the meat was boiling.'