And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, the best, he doth take, and hath given to his servants.

He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.

He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.

See illustrations in marginal references; 1-Kings 5:13-18; 1-Kings 12:4.

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,.... Which includes the whole increase of their land, their corn, and wine, and oil; and it is these, the fruits of their fields, vineyards, and oliveyards, which are here meant; for otherwise kings might not, and did not by their absolute authority, take away those from their subjects; otherwise Ahab would have taken away Naboth's vineyard at once, nor would Jezebel have needed to have taken such a method she did, to put Ahab into the possession of it:
even the best of them, and give them to his servants; for their service; and which some restrain to times of war, when necessity obliged to use such methods.

he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.

Your fields - By fraud or force, as Ahab did from Naboth. His servants - He will not only take the fruits of your lands for his own use, but will take away your possessions to give to his servants.