1 Samuel 8:12

1 Samuel 8:12 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

Context of 1 Samuel 8:12

10Samuel spoke to the people who had asked him to give them a king. He told them everything that the Lord had said to him. 11Samuel said to them, ‘This is how the king will rule over you: He will take your sons to be his soldiers. They will ride his horses and they will drive his chariots. They will have to run in front of his own chariot. The king will choose some of your sons to be officers in his army. Some will be leaders of 1,000 soldiers. Others will be leaders of 50 soldiers. Some of your sons will have to plough the king's fields. They will have to cut his crops at harvest time. They will have to make weapons for the king to fight wars. They will have to fix his chariots. 13The king will take your daughters to serve him. They will have to make perfume for him. They will also have to cook and bake bread for him. 14The king will take your best fields, vines and olive trees away from you. He will give all these to his own officers.

1 Samuel 8:12 word by word

וְלָשׂ֣וּם ל֔וֹ שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים וְלַחֲרֹ֤שׁ חֲרִישׁוֹ֙ וְלִקְצֹ֣ר קְצִיר֔וֹ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כְּלֵֽי־מִלְחַמְתּ֖וֹ וּכְלֵ֥י רִכְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he will appointשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: appointH7760
• him captainsשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• over thousandsאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• over fiftiesחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• to earחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• his groundחָרִישׁchârîysh · plowingH2758
• and to reapקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114
• his harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• and to makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• his instrumentsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• of his chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 8:12

• 1 Chronicles 27:1This is a list of the men from Israel's families who served as soldiers in the army. Some were leaders of their families. Some were officers who led 1,000 soldiers or officers who led 100 soldiers. Other men were officers who served the king in different ways. Each month of the year, a group of 24,000 men served the king as soldiers.
• 1 Kings 4:7Solomon had 12 officers with authority in the regions of Israel. They supplied food for the king and for the people who lived in his palace. Each officer had to supply food to the king for one month in each year.
• 2 Chronicles 32:28He built rooms to store grain, wine and olive oil. He also made buildings to keep all his cows, sheep and goats.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12This organization was as old as the time of Moses Numbers 31:14; Deuteronomy 1:15, and prevailed among the Philistines also 1 Samuel 29:2. The civil and military divisions were identical, and the civil officers were the same as the captains of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, in time of war. To ear his ground - literally, “to plow his plowing.” “To ear” is an old English word, now obsolete, for to plow.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17The king would take both people and their belongings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. he will appoint him captains--In the East, a person must accept any office to which he may be nominated by the king, however irksome it may be to his taste or ruinous to his interests.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 8:12

• Art
• Government
• Israel
• Monarchy
• Rulers
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

• Earing
• Manner
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul
• Sharpen
• Taxes
• Appoint
• Army
• Captain
• Government

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings