1 Samuele 8:16

16 Prenderà i vostri servi, le vostre serve, il fiore della vostra gioventù e i vostri asini per adoprarli ne’ suoi lavori.

1 Samuele 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 Samuele 8:16 In-Context

14 Prenderà i vostri campi, le vostre vigne, i vostri migliori uliveti per darli ai suoi servitori.

15 Prenderà la decima delle vostre semente e delle vostre vigne per darla ai suoi eunuchi e ai suoi servitori.

16 Prenderà i vostri servi, le vostre serve, il fiore della vostra gioventù e i vostri asini per adoprarli ne’ suoi lavori.

17 Prenderà la decima de’ vostri greggi, e voi sarete suoi schiavi.

18 E allora griderete per cagione del re che vi sarete scelto, ma in quel giorno l’Eterno non vi risponderà".