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1 Samuel 8:14

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 8:14

Verse 14 of 22

Scripture focus

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

1 Samuel 8:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:14

Theological / Devotional

To his servants. Literally, “slaves.” The same word is used in speaking of Egypt as a “house of bondage” (Ex. 13:3; Deut. 5:6; etc.). The king had the power of life or death over his subjects, and in most of the nations of the Near East the people existed primarily for the benefit of the king, who could do with them as he wished. Not only did the people supply the needs of the king’s household, but they provided him with means by which to enrich his favorites, whether wives and concubines or civil and military officers.

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