King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 8
14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his servants.
15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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