1 Samuel 8:17
צֹאנְכֶם יַעְשֹׂר וְאַתֶּם תִּֽהְיוּ ־ לוֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:8וַֽיַּעֲמֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל ־ מַעַרְכֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לָמָּה תֵצְאוּ לַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֲבָדִים לְשָׁאוּל בְּרוּ ־ לָכֶם אִישׁ וְיֵרֵד אֵלָֽי ׃
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 →