1 Samuel 8:16

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

1 Samuel 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

1 Samuel 8:16 In-Context

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.

17 He will also take the tenth of your sheep, and finally ye shall be his slaves.

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you, and the LORD will not hear you in that day.