Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16

16 Yòu bì qǔ nǐmen de púrén bìnǚ , jiànzhuàng de shàonián rén hé nǐmen de lü , gōng tāde chāiyì .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:16

And he will take your manservants, and your maidservants,
&c.] Into his own family, for his own use and service, if he wants them, or likes them better than what he has:

and your goodliest young men:
that are tall and lusty, comely and beautiful, of a proper stature and good aspect; and such in all countries used to be chosen for officers in courts, or attendants there; and so the Turks to this day pitch upon young men to attend on great personages, who are of a comely form, have admirable features, and are well shaped, (See Gill on Daniel 1:4),

and your asses, and put them to his work;
employ them in ploughing his fields, drawing his carriages, or bearing his burdens; and so any other cattle that would serve the same purposes, as oxen, camels

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:16 In-Context

14 Yĕ bì qǔ nǐmen zuì hǎo de tiándì , pútaóyuán , gǎnlǎn yuán cìgĕi tāde chénpú .

15 Nǐmen de liángshi hé pútaóyuán suǒ chū de , tā bì qǔ shí fēn zhīyī gĕi tāde taì jiān hé chénpú .

16 Yòu bì qǔ nǐmen de púrén bìnǚ , jiànzhuàng de shàonián rén hé nǐmen de lü , gōng tāde chāiyì .

17 Nǐmen de yáng qún , tā bì qǔ shí fēn zhīyī , nǐmen yĕ bì zuò tāde púrén .

18 Nàshí nǐmen bì yīn suǒ xuǎn de wáng āi qiú Yēhéhuá , Yēhéhuá què bù yīngyún nǐmen .