...quando o povo lhe pediu um estatista para governá-los e como não lhe ligaram...
Pessoalmente, parece-me que este episódio assemelha-se a uma espécie de segundo pecado original - o pedido para conferir o poder de criar lei (poder legislativo) a um homem ou homens (como diria o outro, "We must be ruled by God not men", outros diriam ""We must be ruled by natural law not men", mas São Tomás de Aquino terá pretendido demonstrar ser uma e outra fórmula a mesma coisa).
New American Bible
The Historical Books
1 Samuel
Chapter 8
"He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot.
He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
He will use your daughters as ointment-makers, as cooks, and as bakers.
He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
He will tithe your crops and your vineyards, and give the revenue to his eunuchs and his slaves.
He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best oxen and your asses, and use them to do his work.
He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves.
When this takes place, you will complain against the king whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not answer you."
The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel's warning and said, "Not so! There must be a king over us.
We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare and fight our battles."
When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say, he repeated it to the LORD,
who then said to him, "Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them." Samuel thereupon said to the men of Israel, "Each of you go to his own city."
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