1 Samuel 8:12
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“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.”1 Samuel 8:12
What Does 1 Samuel 8:12 Mean?
1 Samuel 8:12 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 8, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 8:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 34:21“Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.”Isaiah 3:3“The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.”Genesis 45:6“For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.”Deuteronomy 1:15“So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.”1 Samuel 18:13“Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.”1 Samuel 22:7“Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;”2 Samuel 18:1“And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.”1 Kings 4:7“And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.”1 Kings 4:22“And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,”1 Kings 4:27“And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.”1 Chronicles 12:18“Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.”1 Chronicles 27:1“Now 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 and four thousand.”2 Chronicles 25:5“Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.”2 Chronicles 32:28“Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.”Ecclesiastes 5:9“Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.”Micah 5:2“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”Exodus 18:21“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”1 Chronicles 15:25“So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.”Isaiah 30:24“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.”
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