1st Samuel Chapter 8 verse 17 Holy Bible
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
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He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
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He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.
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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.
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He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
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your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - His servants. Literally, "his slaves." Under an absolute monarchy no one is flee.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) And ye shall be his servants.--This statement generally includes all that has gone before. In other words, "Ye elders and chiefs of the people must make up your minds, in the event of electing a king, to the loss of all political and social freedom." How bitterly the nation, even in the successful and glorious reign of King Solomon, felt the pressure of the royal yoke, so truly foretold by their last judge, is shown in the history of the times which followed the death of Solomon, when the public discontent at the brilliant but despotic rule of the great king led to the revolution which split up the people into two nations. (See 1Kings 12:4.) "This whole passage bears internal evidence of having been written before the establishment of the monarchy."--Speaker's Commentary.
