1 Samuel 8:12
Douay-Rheims
And he will appoint of them to be his tribunes, and centurions, and to plough his fields, and to reap his corn, and to make him arms and chariots.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
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.
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1871 · 1Sam 8:12
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.