He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
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He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 8:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession. He shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not each be scattered from his possession.” ’ ”
- 1 Kings 21:7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- 1 Samuel 22:7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Kings 21:19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?” ’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 8:14 And he will take your fields, and…
1Sa 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.
Ver. 14. And he will take your fields, &c.] As if you were not masters of so much as a molehill, but all were his. But what saith God? "The prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of possession." {Eze 46:18} And what saith Seneca? Non civium servitutem Regi traditam sed tutelam, {a} And what said the clergy of England to Rustand, the Pope’s legate, when he said that all the churches were the Pope’s? They answered, that they might be so tuitione, non fruitione … defensione, non dissipatione. {b}
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{a} De Clem., lib. i. cap. 18.
{b} Jacob. Rev., De Vit. Pont.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He will take your fields, to wit, by fraud…
He will take your fields, to wit, by fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth.
And give them to his servants: He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he will take your fields, and your vineyards,…
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,.... Which includes the whole increase of their land, their corn, and wine, and oil; and it is these, the fruits of their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards, which are here meant; for otherwise kings might not, and did not by their absolute authority, take away those from their subjects; otherwise Ahab would have taken away Naboth's vineyard at once, nor would Jezebel have needed to have taken such a method she did, to put Ahab into the possession of it:
even the best of them, and give them to his servants; for their service; and which some restrain to times of war, when necessity obliged to use such methods.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Your fields - By fraud or force, as Ahab…
Your fields - By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth. His servants - He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 8:14-15. He will take your fields — By…
1Sa 8:14-15. He will take your fields — By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth. And give them to his servants — He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants. The tenth — Besides the several tenths which God hath reserved for his service, he will when he pleaseth, impose another tenth upon you. And give to his officers — Hebrew, to his eunuchs, which may imply a further injury, that he should, against the command of God, make some of his people eunuchs; and take those into his court and favour whom God would have cast out of the congregation.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain See illustrations in marginal references; 1Ki 5:13-18; 1Ki 12:4.
See illustrations in marginal references; 1Ki 5:13-18; 1Ki 12:4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Vineyards, as Achab did, though he first proposed to…
Vineyards, as Achab did, though he first proposed to buy it.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here…
he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. he will take your fields &c.] Cp. 1Ki_21:7;…
14. he will take your fields &c.] Cp. 1Ki_21:7; Eze_46:18.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Your fields. The history of the seizure of Naboth"s…
Your fields. The history of the seizure of Naboth"s vineyard shows that the kings were not able to exercise this arbitrary power. Jezebel had to use great art and falsehood before she could get possession of the coveted plot of ground. But throughout Samuel describes a despot ruling after the fashion of heathen kings such as the people had desired.
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