1 Samuel 8:16

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

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 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.
17 He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 When that time comes, you will cry out because of the king you chose. But the Lord will not answer you then."
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