1 Samuel 8:16

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Samuel 8:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — 1 Samuel 8

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13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

16And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

19But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

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