“Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.”
King James Version (KJV)
10:25 Manner of the kingdom - The laws and rules by which the kingly government was to be managed; agreeable to those mentioned #Deut 17:16|, &c. Before the Lord - Before the ark, where it was kept safe from depravation.