Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
And Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people; between the king also and the people.
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your Elohim, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life with all holiness and honesty.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.