and they said to him, “You have grown old, and your sons have not followed your ways. Therefore appoint a king for us, to govern us like all other nations.”
and GOD replied to Samuel, “Heed the demand of the people in everything they say to you. For it is not you that they have rejected; it is Me they have rejected to rule over them.
Like everything else they have done ever since I brought them out of Egypt to this day—forsaking Me and worshiping other gods—so they are doing to you.
He said, “This will be the practice of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and appoint them as his charioteers and riders, and they will serve as outrunners for his chariots.
He will appoint them as his chiefs of thousands and of fifties; or they will have to plow his fields, reap his harvest, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולשום
382
לו
36
שרי
510
אלפים
161
ושרי
516
חמשים
398
ולחרש
544
חרישו
524
ולקצר
426
קצירו
406
ולעשות
812
כלימלחמתו
584
וכלי
66
רכבו
228
I Samuel 8:13
Gematria: 2781
ואתבנותיכםיקחלרקחותולטבחותולאפות
He will take your daughters as perfumers,aperfumers Or “herbalists.” cooks, and bakers.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואתבנותיכם
935
יקח
118
לרקחות
744
ולטבחות
461
ולאפות
523
I Samuel 8:14
Gematria: 3235
ואתשדותיכםואתכרמיכםוזיתיכםהטוביםיקחונתןלעבדיו
He will seize your choice fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his courtiers.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואתשדותיכם
1187
ואתכרמיכם
737
וזיתיכם
493
הטובים
72
יקח
118
ונתן
506
לעבדיו
122
I Samuel 8:15
Gematria: 2279
וזרעיכםוכרמיכםיעשרונתןלסריסיוולעבדיו
He will take a tenth part of your grain and vintage and give it to his eunuchs and courtiers.