THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 8:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וְלָשׂ֣וּם ל֔וֹ שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים וְלַחֲרֹ֤שׁ חֲרִישׁוֹ֙ וְלִקְצֹ֣ר קְצִיר֔וֹ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כְּלֵֽי־מִלְחַמְתּ֖וֹ וּכְלֵ֥י רִכְבּֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Chr 27:1Now 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.
- 1 Chr 27:22And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of Jeroham: these were the princes of the children of Israel.
- 1 Sam 22:7He 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:
- 2 Chr 32:28Storehouses also of corn, of wine, and of oil, and stalls for all beasts, and folds for cattle.
- 2 Chr 32:29And he built himself cities: for he had flocks of sheep, and herds without number, for the Lord had given him very much substance.