1 Samuel 8:17

He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

18And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:8And he stoode, and cried against the hoste of Israel, and saide vnto them, Why are yee come to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistim, and you seruaunts to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.

Hebrews 7:2To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, 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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