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.

Cross References

1 Kings 4:7

Solomon appointed twelve men as district governors in Israel. They were to provide food from their districts for the king and his household, each man being responsible for one month out of the year.

Numbers 31:14

Moses became angry with the officers, the commanders of battalions and companies, who had returned from the war.

1 Samuel 22:7

and he said to his officers, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Do you think that David will give fields and vineyards to all of you, and make you officers in his army?

1 Samuel 8:13

Your daughters will have to make perfumes for him and work as his cooks and his bakers.