1 Samuel 8:16

16 Il prendra vos serviteurs et vos servantes, et l'élite de vos jeunes gens, et vos ânes, et les emploiera à ses ouvrages;

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 Il prendra aussi vos champs, vos vignes et vos oliviers les meilleurs, et les donnera à ses serviteurs.

15 Il lèvera la dîme de vos grains et de vos vignes, et la donnera à ses eunuques et à ses serviteurs;

16 Il prendra vos serviteurs et vos servantes, et l'élite de vos jeunes gens, et vos ânes, et les emploiera à ses ouvrages;

17 Il dîmera vos troupeaux, et vous serez ses esclaves.

18 Vous crierez, en ce jour-là, à cause de votre roi, que vous vous serez choisi, mais l'Éternel ne vous exaucera point.