9 Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.” 10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:9–11
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