1 Samuel 8:15

וְזַרְעֵיכֶם וְכַרְמֵיכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְנָתַן לְסָרִיסָיו וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

14וְאֶת ־ שְׂדֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת ־ כַּרְמֵיכֶם וְזֵיתֵיכֶם הַטּוֹבִים יִקָּח וְנָתַן לַעֲבָדָֽיו ׃

16וְאֶת ־ עַבְדֵיכֶם וְֽאֶת ־ שִׁפְחוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת ־ בַּחוּרֵיכֶם הַטּוֹבִים וְאֶת ־ חֲמוֹרֵיכֶם יִקָּח וְעָשָׂה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 37:36וְהַמְּדָנִים מָכְרוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל ־ מִצְרָיִם לְפֽוֹטִיפַר סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִֽים ׃ פ

Daniel 1:3וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאַשְׁפְּנַז רַב סָרִיסָיו לְהָבִיא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִזֶּרַע הַמְּלוּכָה וּמִן ־ הַֽפַּרְתְּמִֽים ׃

Daniel 1:18וּלְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ־ אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ לַהֲבִיאָם וַיְבִיאֵם שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים לִפְנֵי נְבֻכַדְנֶצַּֽר ׃

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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