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He will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
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The King's Absolute Power
Commentators explain that the king's power would be absolute, extending to all personal property. He would conscript servants for his household, animals like donkeys for his labor, and even the most handsome and capable young men to serve as attendants in his court, a common practice for ancient monarchs.
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1 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See illustrations: 1 Kings 5:13–18 and 1 Kings 12:4.
19th Century
Anglican
And your goodliest young men. —The Septuagint Greek Version here reads, “your best oxen,” which required only the change …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he will take your manservants, and your maidservants , &c.] Into his own family, for his own use and service, if…
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If they wished to have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those who submit…
