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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 17:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 17:25 |
Strong Concordance |
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Have ye seen [07200] this man [0376] that is come up [05927]? surely to defy [02778] Israel [03478] is he come up [05927]: and it shall be, that the man [0376] who killeth [05221] him, the king [04428] will enrich [06238] him with great [01419] riches [06239], and will give [05414] him his daughter [01323], and make [06213] his father's [01] house [01004] free [02670] in Israel [03478]. |
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King James |
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| make his father's house free in Israel--His family should be exempted from the impositions and services to which the general body of the Israelites were subjected. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Free in Israel - In all the other passages (fifteen) where this word occurs, it means free, as opposed to being a slave (Deu 15:12-13, Deu 15:18, etc.) Here it may imply a freedom from all such services and burdens as are spoken of in Sa1 8:11-17. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Free - Free from all those tributes and charges which either the court or the camp required. |
11 And he said [0559], This will be the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over you: He will take [03947] your sons [01121], and appoint [07760] them for himself, for his chariots [04818], and to be his horsemen [06571]; and some shall run [07323] before [06440] his chariots [04818].
12 And he will appoint [07760] him captains [08269] over thousands [0505], and captains [08269] over fifties [02572]; and will set them to ear [02790] his ground [02758], and to reap [07114] his harvest [07105], and to make [06213] his instruments [03627] of war [04421], and instruments [03627] of his chariots [07393].
13 And he will take [03947] your daughters [01323] to be confectionaries [07548], and to be cooks [02879], and to be bakers [0644].
14 And he will take [03947] your fields [07704], and your vineyards [03754], and your oliveyards [02132], even the best [02896] of them, and give [05414] them to his servants [05650].
15 And he will take the tenth [06237] of your seed [02233], and of your vineyards [03754], and give [05414] to his officers [05631], and to his servants [05650].
16 And he will take [03947] your menservants [05650], and your maidservants [08198], and your goodliest [02896] young men [0970], and your asses [02543], and put [06213] them to his work [04399].
17 He will take the tenth [06237] of your sheep [06629]: and ye shall be his servants [05650].
18 It shall not seem hard [07185] unto thee [05869], when thou sendest him away [07971] free [02670] from thee; for he hath been worth [07939] a double [04932] hired servant [07916] to thee, in serving [05647] thee six [08337] years [08141]: and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bless [01288] thee in all that thou doest [06213].
12 And if thy brother [0251], an Hebrew man [05680], or an Hebrew woman [05680], be sold [04376] unto thee, and serve [05647] thee six [08337] years [08141]; then in the seventh [07637] year [08141] thou shalt let him go [07971] free [02670] from thee.
13 And when thou sendest [07971] him out free [02670] from thee, thou shalt not let him go away [07971] empty [07387]: