1 Samuel 8:15

1 Samuel 8:15

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

14 And ^ahe will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.

16 And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest¹ young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

17 He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.

18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord ^awill not hear you in that day.”

19 Nevertheless the people ^arefused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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The tenth - Besides the several tenths which God hath reserved for his service, he will, when he pleaseth, impose another tenth upon you. Officers - Heb. To his eunuchs, which may imply a farther injury, that he should against the command of God, make some of his people eunuchs; and take those into his court and favour, which God would have cast out of the congregation.

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