1 Samuel 8:16
“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he will take your manservants, and your maidservants,.... Into his own family, for his own use and service, if he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 8:4-22
We have here the starting of a matter perfectly new and surprising, which was the setting up of kingly government in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
your goodliest young men "Young men" in the Heb. appears to be a copyist's error, and we should probably adopt the Sept.…