1 Samuel 8:14

14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his servants.

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 The king will make some of your sons commanders over thousands or over fifties. He will make some of your other sons plow his ground and reap his harvest. He will take others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

13 He will take your daughters to make perfume and cook and bake for him.

14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his servants.

15 He will take one-tenth of your grain and grapes and give it to his officers and servants.

16 He will take your male and female servants, your best cattle, and your donkeys and use them all for his own work.