1 Samuel 8:14

And your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, yea the best, will he take, and give them to his servants.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13And your daughters will he take for ointment makers, and for cooks, and for bakers.

15And of your seeds, and of your vineyards will he take the tenth, and give [the same] to his officers, and to his servants.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:7Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?

1 Kings 21:19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Hast thou murdered, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, yes, thine also.

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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