1 Samuel 8:13

1 Samuel 8:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
• New International Version (NIV)He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

Context of 1 Samuel 8:13

11He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots. 12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. 14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants. 15He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

1 Samuel 8:13 word by word

וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח לְרַקָּח֥וֹת וּלְטַבָּח֖וֹת וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Andאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• he will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• your daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• perfumersרַקָּחָהraqqâchâh · perfumerH7548
• cooksטַבָּחָהţabbâchâh · cookH2879
• and bakersאָפָה'âphâh · to bakeH644

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17The king would take both people and their belongings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. he will take your daughters to be confectionaries--Cookery, baking, and the kindred works are, in Eastern countries, female employment, and thousands of young women are occupied with these offices in the palaces even of petty princes.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 8:13

• Art
• Baker
• Bread
• Confectioner
• Food
• Government
• Israel
• Monarchy
• Rulers
• Samuel

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings