1 Samuel 8:17

Of your flocks will he take the tenth: and ye yourselves will become his servants.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your asses will he take, and employ [them] for his work.

18And ye will cry out on that day because of your king whom ye will have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:8And he stood and calleth unto the arrays of Israel, and said unto them, Why will ye come out to put yourselves in battle-array? Behold: I am the Philistine, and ye are servants to Saul! select for yourselves one man, 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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