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1 Samuel 8

1 Samuel 8:13

Samuel’s Warning · 1 Samuel 8:10–18
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Translations

Modern
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
Traditional
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
Literal
And your daughters he will take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers.
Latin
Filias quoque vestras faciet sibi unguentarias, et focarias, et panificas.

Original

Hebrew
English
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

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

Glossary

Baker Confection, Confectionaries History of Israel Ointment Palace Perfumer Riches Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Theocracy

Topics

Art: Primitive of Compounding Confections Art: Primitive of the Baker Arts of The: Baker Arts of The: Confectioner Baker: General Scriptures Concerning Bread: Made by Women Confectioner: General Scriptures Concerning Food: Articles of Prepared by Females 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 Samuel: People Desire a King; he Protests Tribute: Sometimes Exacted by Kings from Their own Subjects Women Working