1 Samuel 8:14

He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.

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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

13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.

15He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?

1 Kings 21:19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”

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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