"And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and {will set them} to ear his ground, and t…" — 1 Samuel 8:12

1 Samuel 8:12 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Samuel 8:12

Verse 11

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint {them} for himself, for his chariots, and {to be} his horsemen; and {some} shall run before his chariots.

Verse 13

And he will take your daughters {to be} confectionaries, and {to be} cooks, and {to be} bakers.

1 Samuel 8 — Context

And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

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.

And he will take your daughters {to be} confectionaries, and {to be} cooks, and {to be} bakers.

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

Cross References

1 Kings 4:22-23

And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, {provision: Heb. bread} {measures: Heb. cors}

1 Kings 4:7

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

2 Chronicles 32:28-29

Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

1 Kings 4:27-28

And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.

1 Samuel 22:7

Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, {and} make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

1 Chronicles 27:1-22

Now the children of Israel after their number, {to wit}, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course {were} twenty and four thousand.

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