1 Samuel 8:13
“I must now … express my disapproval of the possession of too many slaves. People resort to servants to escape work and waiting on themselves.… The Word has given a complete description of these offenders when he promised through the prophet Samuel that the people who were demanding a king would have not a kind master…”
Source: Septuagint
13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.
Preparing…
Preparing…
Preparing…
11And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and among his horsemen, and running before his chariots,
12and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.
— 1 Samuel 8:13 —
14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good olive yards, and give them to his servants.
15And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.