1 Samuel 8:14

1 Samuel 8:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
• New International Version (NIV)He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

Context of 1 Samuel 8:14

12He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. 15He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. 16He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work.

1 Samuel 8:14 word by word

וְאֶת־שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• He will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the bestטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• of your fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and your vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• and your oliveזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• grovesזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 8:14

• 1 Samuel 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?
• 1 Kings 21:7Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
• Ezekiel 46:18The prince shall not take from the people’s inheritance, thrusting them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession.”’”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18; 1 Kings 12:4.Read the comment
• 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. 14-1814-18. he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 8:14

• Government
• Israel
• Monarchy
• Rulers
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Manner
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
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• Israel, History of
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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