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

11Samuel said to them, ‘This is how the king will rule over you: He will take your sons to be his soldiers. They will ride his horses and they will drive his chariots. They will have to run in front of his own chariot. 12The king will choose some of your sons to be officers in his army. Some will be leaders of 1,000 soldiers. Others will be leaders of 50 soldiers. Some of your sons will have to plough the king's fields. They will have to cut his crops at harvest time. They will have to make weapons for the king to fight wars. They will have to fix his chariots. The king will take your daughters to serve him. They will have to make perfume for him. They will also have to cook and bake bread for him. 14The king will take your best fields, vines and olive trees away from you. He will give all these to his own officers. 15He will take a tenth part of all your seeds and grapes. He will give them to his officers and servants.

1 Samuel 8:13 word by word

וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח לְרַקָּח֥וֹת וּלְטַבָּח֖וֹת וּלְאֹפֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• your daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• confectionariesרַקָּחָהraqqâchâh · perfumerH7548
• cooksטַבָּחָהţabbâchâh · cookH2879
• 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