He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
      I. The address of the elders to Samuel in this matter (1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 8:5): They gathered themselves together, by common consent; and not in a riotous tumultuous manner, but with the respect due to his character, they came to him to his house as Ramah with their address, which contained,