1 Samuel 8:14

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

1 Samuel 8:14 in Other Translations

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

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

14 He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.

14 He'll conscript your best fields, vineyards, and orchards and hand them over to his special friends.

14 He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his servants.

1 Samuel 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:14

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.

1 Samuel 8:14 In-Context

12 Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.

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

15 He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants.

16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 46:18
• 2. 1 Kings 21:7,15; Micah 2:2
• 3. 2 Kings 22:12