And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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Interpretation
If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is.
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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 8:10-14.