1 Samuel 8:12
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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.

appoint

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. . . .

and will set

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:

Lexicon
He will appoint
וְלָשׂ֣וּם (wə·lā·śūm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

some for himself
ל֔וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

as commanders
שָׂרֵ֥י (śā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of thousands
אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

and of fifties,
חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

and others to plow
וְלַחֲרֹ֤שׁ (wə·la·ḥă·rōš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

his ground,
חֲרִישׁוֹ֙ (ḥă·rî·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2758: A plowing, plowing time

to reap
וְלִקְצֹ֣ר (wə·liq·ṣōr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

his harvest,
קְצִיר֔וֹ (qə·ṣî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

and to make
וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (wə·la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

his weapons
כְּלֵֽי־ (kə·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

of war
מִלְחַמְתּ֖וֹ (mil·ḥam·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

and equip
וּכְלֵ֥י (ū·ḵə·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

his chariots.
רִכְבּֽוֹ׃ (riḵ·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone


Additional Translations
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.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 appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

and his manner shall be to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.

and [he will take them] that he may appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and that they may plough his ground, and reap his harvest, and make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots.

and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to till his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.
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