1 Samuel 8:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ The Rule of a King. Samuel told the people who were asking for a king everything that the Lord had said. ¹¹ He said, “This is what the king who reigns over you will do. He will take away your sons to serve him on his chariots and his horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.^{[a] 12} He will appoint some as commanders of groups of thousands, and others as commanders of groups of fifty. He will set some to plowing his fields and reaping his harvests. Others will make weapons and equipment for his chariots.