1 Samuel 8:16

16 Además, les quitará sus criados y criadas, y sus mejores bueyes^[a] y asnos, de manera que trabajen para él.

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 Se apoderará de sus mejores campos, viñedos y olivares, y se los dará a sus ministros,

15 y a ustedes les exigirá una décima parte de sus cosechas y vendimias para entregársela a sus funcionarios y ministros.

16 Además, les quitará sus criados y criadas, y sus mejores bueyes y asnos, de manera que trabajen para él.

17 Les exigirá una décima parte de sus rebaños, y ustedes mismos le servirán como esclavos.

18 Cuando llegue aquel día, clamarán por causa del rey que hayan escogido, pero el SEÑOR no les responderá.

Footnotes

• [a] "bueyes " (LXX); "jóvenes " (TM).