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1 Samuel 8:11

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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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  1. 1 Samuel 8:9

    Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

  2. 1 Samuel 8:10

    And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king.

  3. 1 Samuel 8:12

    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.

  4. 1 Samuel 8:13

    And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

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