 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. 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...  Critical Miscellanies - Page 295by John Morley - 1878 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1860 - 296 pages
...asked of him a king. " 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. " And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 pages
...a king would conscript their sons as soldiers and servants, exact forced labour from men and women ('he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers'), confiscate their farms and give them to his favourites, and extort tributes and service of every kind;... | |
 | Jack London - 1982 - 1238 pages
...ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give... | |
 | Abba Solomon Eban - 1984 - 376 pages
...sternly and presciently warning them: This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself;...confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...asked of him a king. 1 1 And he said. This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: nt: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him. as one brought up with hi some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains... | |
 | J. Stephen Lang - 1999 - 516 pages
...him that is an hundred years old? 69. 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. 70. Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between... | |
 | John F. Michell, John Michell, Christine Rhone - 1991 - 196 pages
...reproved them, spelling out in alarming detail (I Samuel 8: 11-18} what a king is like and what he does ('He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks ... he will take your fields, and your vineyards ... he will take the tenth of your seed ... he will... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1995 - 944 pages
...that asked of him a king. And he said, This shall 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 (this description agrees with the present mode of impressing men)... | |
 | Avi Erlich - 2010 - 298 pages
...that asked of him a king. 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. . . . And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and... | |
 | Stefan Heym - 1997 - 257 pages
...appoint them to myself, for my chariots and to be my horsemen, or to run before my chariots. And I can take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. Or I can take your field and your vineyard, and your oliveyard. Or I can take you to be a cleaner m... | |
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