1 Samuel 8:13

And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

In Context

12And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to 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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