1 Samuel 8:14

Translations

Modern

He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

Traditional

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

Literal

And your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves—the best ones—he will take and give to his servants.

Latin

Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis suis.

Original

Hebrew

English

He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

Notes

1 Samuel 8:12–17

The king would take both people and their belongings.

1 Samuel 8:10–18

These verses explain why being a king has downsides. Each sentence describes something the king would take. A king would seize things, not just protect them.

1 Samuel 8:1–12:25

When Israel was changing to a monarchy (rule by kings), neither God (1 Samuel 8:7–9) nor Samuel (1 Samuel 12:1–25) liked the people's request for a king. Saul, the first king (1 Samuel 9–11), did not succeed in his role (1 Samuel 13–31) and proved Samuel's warnings true (see 1 Samuel 8:10–18; compare 1 Samuel 16:1–13).

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel Kingship

Related verses

Ezekiel 46:18
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
1 Kings 21:7
But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
1 Samuel 22:7
Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

Glossary

History of Israel Palace Riches Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Theocracy Warfare

Topics

Government: Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler Israel: Under the Judges: They Demand a King Kings: Israel Warned Against Seeking Monarchy: Described by Samuel Rulers: Wicked Rulers: Wicked: Confiscating Naboth's Vineyard Samuel: People Desire a King; he Protests The Olive-Tree: Cultivated in Olive Yards Tribute: Sometimes Exacted by Kings from Their own Subjects

1 Samuel 8:14

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