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1 Samuel 8

1 Sam. 8:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he will appoint
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
him captains
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
over thousands
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
, and captains
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
over fifties
chamishshiym (Hebrew #2572)
fifty
KJV usage: fifty.
Pronounce: kham-ish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 2568
; and will set them to ear
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
his ground
chariysh (Hebrew #2758)
ploughing or its season
KJV usage: earing (time), ground.
Pronounce: khaw-reesh'
Origin: from 2790
, and to reap
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
his harvest
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
, and to make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
his instruments
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
of war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, and instruments
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
of his chariots
rekeb (Hebrew #7393)
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
KJV usage: chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
Pronounce: reh'-keb
Origin: from 7392
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1 Chron. 27:1‑22• 1Now the children of Israel, after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty-four thousand.
 2{i}Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 3{i}He was of the children of Pherez, the head of all the captains of the hosts for the first month.{/i}
 4{i}And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; and in his division was Mikloth ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 5{i}The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah (the son of Jehoiada, a principal officer): he was head; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 6{i}This Benaiah was a mighty man among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.{/i}
 7{i}The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 8{i}The fifth for the fifth month was the captain Shamhuth the Jizrahite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 9{i}The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 10{i}The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 11{i}The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 12{i}The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjaminites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 13{i}The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 14{i}The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 15{i}The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.{/i}
 16{i}And over the tribes of Israel were: for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was the prince; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;{/i}
 17{i}for the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;{/i}
 18{i}for Judah, Elihu of the brethren of David; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;{/i}
 19{i}for Zebulun, Jishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;{/i}
 20{i}for the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;{/i}
 21{i}for the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jiddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;{/i}
 22{i}for Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.{/i} (1 Chron. 27:1‑22)
and will set.
1 Kings 4:7,22‑23,27‑28• 7{i}And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.{/i}
 22{i}And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,{/i}
 23{i}ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.{/i}
 27{i}And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.{/i}
 28{i}And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where the superintendents were, every man according to his charge.{/i} (1 Kings 4:7,22‑23,27‑28)
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2 Chron. 32:28‑29• 28{i}storehouses also for the increase of corn and new wine and oil, and stalls for all manner of beasts, and he procured flocks for the stalls.{/i}
 29{i}And he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God gave him very much substance.{/i} (2 Chron. 32:28‑29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.