1 Samuel 8:15

And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good olive yards, and give them to his servants.

16And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.

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Cross References

Daniel 1:3And the king told Asphanez his chief eunuch, to bring in some of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes;

Daniel 1:18And at the end of the days, after which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nabuchodonosor.

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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