After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Samuel 8:11 - Y'all Version Bible He said, “This will be the rights of the king who will reign over y’all: he will take y’all’s sons and appoint them as his servants among his chariots and horsemen, and they will run before his chariots. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, These will be the ways of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots; Common English Bible “This is how the king will rule over you,” Samuel said: “He will take your sons, and will use them for his chariots and his cavalry and as runners for his chariot. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: "This will be the right of the king who will have authority over you: He will take your sons, and place them in his chariots. And he will make them his horsemen and his runners before his four-horse chariots. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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. |
After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” So he prepared chariots, horsemen, and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’— tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
YHWH’s hand was upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before YHWH. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Listen, y’all Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of y’all fields and vineyards? Will he make all y’all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?
Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you must warn-warn them and show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”