1 Samuel 10:25
“38. Concerning the law of kingship, because we spoke at length about it above, we recall only this about it: that in the historical narrative it is not prescribed but rather shown what wicked kings will do and what good kings should avoid. Kings are indeed to defend their subjects, not to strip them of their own goods…”
Source: Septuagint
25And Samuel told to the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.
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23And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upward.
24And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!
— 1 Samuel 10:25 —
26And Saul departed to his house to Gibeah; and there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched.
27But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.