And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
- KJV And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
- BSB He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
- NASB He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
- NLT He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.
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Quick answer
The king will seize their best fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his servants.
Overview
The king will confiscate the people's most valuable property to reward his own officials. This loss of inheritance strikes at the heart of Israel's identity as a people given land by God. Later kings like Ahab would embody this very abuse (1 Kings 21).
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 46:18Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not be scattered every man from his possession.
- 1 Kgs 21:7Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- 1 Kgs 21:19You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”
- 1 Sam 22:7Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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