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1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

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ASV

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;

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
זֶ֗הZehthisH2088 →
יִֽהְיֶה֙yih.Yehit will beH1961 →
מִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.Pat[the] right[s] ofH4941 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
יִמְלֹ֖ךְyim.Lokhhe will reignH4427 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei.Khemover youH5921 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵיכֶ֣םbe.nei.Khemsons yourH1121 →
יִקָּ֗חyi.Kachhe will takeH3947 →
וְשָׂ֥םve.Samand he will appoint [them]H7760 →
לוֹ֙lofor <the> himself
בְּמֶרְכַּבְתּ֣וֹbe.mer.kav.Toin chariot[s] hisH4818 →
וּבְפָרָשָׁ֔יוu.ve.fa.ra.Shavand among horsemen hisH6571 →
וְרָצ֖וּve.ra.Tzuand they will runH7323 →
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
מֶרְכַּבְתּֽוֹ׃mer.kav.Tochariot hisH4818 →

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1 Samuel 14:52And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.1 Samuel 10:25Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.Deuteronomy 17:14–20When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”2 Samuel 15:1Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.1 Kings 10:26Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.1 Kings 14:27Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’1 Kings 12:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.1 Kings 12:4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”1 Kings 1:5At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.2 Chronicles 26:10–15Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.Jeremiah 17:25then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.1 Kings 9:22–23But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.1 Samuel 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.

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