1 Samuel 8:16

Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.

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In The King James Version

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

In Context

15Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.

17Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22

The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →

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