World English Bible
1 Samuel 8:17
“He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 8
15
He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16
He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
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He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
18
You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.
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But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No; but we will have a king over us,
About 1 Samuel
The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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