1 Samuel 8:15

And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

In Context

14And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.

16And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

Daniel 1:3And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz the chief of his eunuchs, that he should bring of the children of Israel, both of the royal seed and of the nobles,

Daniel 1:18And at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

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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