1 Samuel 8:12
“And hee will appoint him Captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make his instruments of warre, and instruments of his charets.”
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1 Samuel 8:12 Context
10¶ And Samuel told all the words of the Lord vnto the people, that asked of him a King. 11And hee sayd, This will be the maner of the king that shall reigne ouer you: Hee will take your sonnes, and appoint them for himselfe for his charets, and to bee his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charets. 12And hee will appoint him Captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make his instruments of warre, and instruments of his charets. 13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers. 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliue-yards, euen the best of them, and giue them to his seruants.
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And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
- King James Version
"He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and {some} to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
- New American Standard Version (1995)