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1 Samuel 8:16

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Gregory the Dialogist

After all these things, the servants and maidservants of the Israelites, the best young men, are declared to be taken away and put to the king's work. Who are the servants of the carnal, except those who, by the example of the wicked, have been so corrupted by long habit that they seem to have perpetually subjected the necks of their minds under the yoke of most wicked imitation? …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 4 ↗