1 Samuel 8:11

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And he saide, This shall be the maner of the King that shall reigne ouer you: he will take your sonnes, and appoint them to his charets, and to be his horsemen, and some shall runne before his charet.

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  • 1 Sam 10:25 : 25 Then Samuel tolde the people the duetie of the kingdome, and wrote it in a booke, and laied it vp before the Lorde, and Samuel sent all the people away euery man to his house.
  • 1 Sam 14:52 : 52 And there was sore warre against the Philistims all the dayes of Saul: and whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man, and meete for the warre, he tooke him vnto him.
  • 2 Sam 15:1 : 1 After this, Absalom prepared him charets & horses, and fiftie men to runne before him.
  • Deut 17:14-20 : 14 Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me, 15 Then thou shalt make him King ouer thee, whome the Lorde thy God shall chuse: from among thy brethren shalt thou make a King ouer thee: thou shalt not set a stranger ouer thee, which is not thy brother. 16 In any wise he shall not prepare him many horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypt, for to encrease the number of horses, seeing the Lord hath sayd vnto you, Ye shal henceforth goe no more againe that way. 17 Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shal he gather him much siluer and golde. 18 And when he shall sit vpon the throne of his kingdo, then shal he write him this Law repeted in a booke, by the Priests of the Leuites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, & to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them: 20 That his heart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren, and that he turne not from the commaundement, to the right hand or to the left, but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdom, he, and his sonnes in the middes of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 Then Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I will be King; he gate him charets and horsemen, and fiftie men to run before him.
  • 1 Kgs 9:22-23 : 22 But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no bondmen: but they were men of warre and his seruants, and his princes, & his captaines, and rulers of his charets and his horsemen. 23 These were the princes of the officers, that were ouer Salomons worke: euen fiue hundreth and fiftie, and they ruled the people that wrought in the worke.
  • 1 Kgs 10:26 : 26 Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 12:4 : 4 Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
  • 1 Kgs 12:10 : 10 Then the yong men that were brought vp with him, spake vnto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say vnto this people, that haue spoken vnto thee, and said, Thy father hath made our yoke heauie, but make thou it lighter vnto vs: euen thus shalt thou say vnto them, My least part shalbe bigger then my fathers loynes.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the Lord was on Eliiah, and he girded vp his Ioynes, and ran before Ahab till he came to Izreel.
  • 2 Chr 26:10-15 : 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse, & digged many cisternes: for he had much cattell both in the valleyes and playnes, plowmen, and dressers of vines in the mountaines, and in Carmel: for he loued husbandrie. 11 Vzziah had also an hoste of fighting men that went out to warre by bandes, according to the count of their nomber vnder the hande of Ieiel the Scribe, and Maaseiah the ruler, and vnder the hand of Hananiah, one of the Kings captaines. 12 The whole nomber of the chiefe of the families of the valiant men were two thousande and sixe hundreth. 13 And vnder their hande was the armie for warre, three hundreth and seuen thousand, & fiue hundreth that fought valiantly to helpe the King against the enemie. 14 And Vzziah prepared them throughout all the hoste, shieldes, and speares, and helmets, and brigandines, and bowes, and stones to sling. 15 He made also very artificial engins in Ierusalem, to be vpon the towres and vpon the corners, to shoote arrowes and great stones: and his name spred farre abroade, because God did helpe him marueilously, till he was mightie.

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    12Also he will make them his captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make instruments of warre, and the thinges that serue for his charets.

    13He will also take your daughters and make them apoticaries, and cookes, and bakers.

    14And he will take your fieldes, & your vineyardes, and your best Oliue trees, and giue them to his seruants.

    15And he will take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyards, & giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.

    16And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

    17He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.

    18And ye shall crie out at that day, because of your King, whom ye haue chosen you, and the Lord will not heare you at that day.

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    20And we also will be like all other nations, and our King shall iudge vs, and goe out before vs, and fight our battels.

    21Therefore when Samuel heard all ye wordes of ye people, he rehearsed the in ye eares of ye Lord.

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