1 Samuel 8:12
Good News Translation
He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plow his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
Some of them will be officers in charge of 1,000 soldiers, and others will be in charge of 50. Still others will have to farm the king's land and harvest his crops, or make weapons and parts for his chariots.

New American Bible
He will appoint from among them his commanders of thousands and of hundreds. He will make them do his plowing and harvesting and produce his weapons of war and chariotry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.

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1 Chronicles 27:1-22 Now the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of families, captains of thousands and of hundreds, and officers, that served the king according to their companies, who came in and went out every month in the year, under every chief were four and twenty thousand. . . .

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1 Kings 4:7,22,23,27,28 And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold: for every one provided necessaries, each man his month in the year. . . .

2 Chronicles 32:28,29 Storehouses also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and stalls for all beasts, and folds for cattle. . . .

Context
Samuel's Warning
11And said: This will be the right of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and will make them his horsemen, and his running footmen, to run before his chariots, 12And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and his centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.13Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.…
Cross References
Numbers 31:14
And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,

1 Samuel 8:13
Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.

1 Samuel 22:7
He said to his servants that stood about him: Hear me now, ye sons of Jemini: will the son of Isai give every one of you fields, and vineyards, and make you all tribunes, and centurions:

1 Samuel 8:11
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