1 Samuel 8:17

He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.

18You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:8He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

Hebrews 7:2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, “king of righteousness”, and then also “king of Salem”, which means “king of peace”,

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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