" came to the Prophet Samuel and said, "... make us a king to judge us like all the nations" I Samuel 8:5. The rest of the story is recorded in I Samuel chapter eight: voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you. He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13. And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give 13 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall 14 Unwilling to accept responsibility, the Israelites rejected the first of the Ten Commandments, "Thou shalt have none other gods before me" in the hope that a king 65 The American Republic "\.. make us a 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the them to his servants. be his servants.