1 Samuel 8:17

The Scriptures 1998

“A tenth of your sheep he is going to take, and you are to be his servants.

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“Your father made our yoke hard, and now, lighten the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, then we serve you.”

to whom also Aḇ

And he stood and shouted to the armies of Yisra’ĕ

“And your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys he is going to take and use for his own work.

“And you shall cry out in that day because of your sovereign whom you have chosen for yourselves, but יהוה is not going to answer you in that day.”