Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
17. and ye shall be his servants ] To sum up all briefly, ye will be slaves to the king ye have chosen.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. He shall use you like slaves, and deprive you of that liberty which you now enjoy.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
He will take the tenth of your sheep,…. As well as of their seed and vineyards; and not the tithe of their flocks only, but of their herds also, which are here included, as Kimchi observes:
and ye shall be his servants: made slaves of by him, even as the Canaanitish servants were, according to Abarbinel; though others interpret it more mildly of their being obliged to pay tribute and taxes, for the support of his government.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) And ye shall be his servants.This statement generally includes all that has gone before. In other words, Ye elders and chiefs of the people must make up your minds, in the event of electing a king, to the loss of all political and social freedom. How bitterly the nation, even in the successful and glorious reign of King Solomon, felt the pressure of the royal yoke, so truly foretold by their last judge, is shown in the history of the times which followed the death of Solomon, when the public discontent at the brilliant but despotic rule of the great king led to the revolution which split up the people into two nations. (See 1Ki. 12:4.) This whole passage bears internal evidence of having been written before the establishment of the monarchy.Speakers Commentary.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Ver. 17. And ye shall be his servants. ] His slaves to do his drudgery, more like peasants of France than yeomen of Kent, as he said.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: 1Sa 7:16 – he went 1Sa 17:8 – servants to Saul Heb 7:2 – a tenth