1 Samuel 8:17

He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

In Context

16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them: 'Why do ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

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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