So, They Want a King   

     Part 2 

     We learn in 1st Samuel chapter 8 the Lord himself told aging Samuel "...it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king." What will God do?

     He tells Samuel, "Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do." 

     "This is what the king will do: He will take your sons and make them serve... Some he will assign to be commanders...and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

     "'He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. Your menservants and maidservants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. 

     "'He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the Lord will not answer you in that day." 

     "No! they said. We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations." 

     Samuel repeated to God what the people said. The Lord replied, "Listen to them and give them a king." 

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