1 Samuel 8:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ Samuel reported everything the Lord told him to the people who were asking him for a king. ¹¹ He said, “This is how the king who rules over you will operate: He will conscript your sons and assign them^[a] to his chariots. He will conscript them^[b] as his horsemen, and they’ll run in front of his chariots. ¹² He will appoint his officers over thousands and officers over fifties—some will plow his fields,^[c] reap his harvest, and craft his war implements and equipment for his chariots.