Bible Verses About Tribute: Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects

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Verses on Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects

1 Samuel 8:10
Sh'mu'el reported everything ADONAI had said to the people asking him for a king.
1 Samuel 8:11
He said, "Here is the kind of rulings your king will make: he will draft your sons and assign them to take care of his chariots, be his horsemen and be bodyguards running ahead of his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint them to serve him as officers in charge of a thousand or of fifty, plowing his fields, gathering his harvest, and making his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.
1 Samuel 8:13
He will take your daughters and have them be perfume-makers, cooks and bakers.
1 Samuel 8:14
He will expropriate your fields, vineyards and olive groves - the very best of them! - and hand them over to his servants.
1 Samuel 8:15
He will take the ten-percent tax of your crops and vineyards and give it to his officers and servants.
1 Samuel 8:16
He will take your male and female servants, your best young men and your donkeys, and make them work for him.
1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the ten-percent tax of your flocks, and you will become his servants.