1 Samuel 8:14

14 And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your good oliveyards and give them to his slaves.

1 Samuel 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:14

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards
Which includes the whole increase of their land, their corn, and wine, and oil; and it is these, the fruits of their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards, which are here meant; for otherwise kings might not, and did not by their absolute authority, take away those from their subjects; otherwise Ahab would have taken away Naboth's vineyard at once, nor would Jezebel have needed to have taken such a method she did, to put Ahab into the possession of it:

even the best of them, and give them to his servants;
for their service; and which some restrain to times of war, when necessity obliged to use such methods.

1 Samuel 8:14 In-Context

12 And he will appoint captains over thousands and captains over fifties and will set them to plough his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and the munitions of his chariots.

13 And he will take your daughters to be confectioneries and to be cooks and to be bakers.

14 And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your good oliveyards and give them to his slaves.

15 And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards to give to his officers and to his slaves.

16 And he will take your menslaves and your maidslaves and your good young men and your asses and do his work with them.