1Sa 8:17 | TNotes | STEP | 8:17 you will be his slaves: By demanding a king, the people whose ancestors had once been slaves in Egypt were risking a new enslavement (cp. 1 Kgs 12:1-20 ).

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‏ 1 Samuel 8:17

8:17 ^a you will be his slaves: By demanding a king, the people whose ancestors had once been slaves in Egypt were risking a new enslavement (cp. 1 Kgs 12:1-20 ^b).