1 Samuel 8:11

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• 1 Samuel 14:52
  And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
• 1 Samuel 10:25
  Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
• 2 Samuel 15:1
  Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
• Deuteronomy 17:14–20
  When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
• 1 Kings 10:26
  Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
• 1 Kings 18:46
  And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
• 1 Kings 1:5
  At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
• 2 Chronicles 26:10–15
  Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
• 1 Kings 12:4
  “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
• 1 Kings 12:10
  The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
• 1 Kings 9:22–23
  But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

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History of Israel· Horse· Riches· Samuel (Person)· Samuel, Books of First and Second· Theocracy

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Chariots: Often Attended by Running Footmen· Footman: One Who Runs Ahead of Kings and Princes· Government: Mosaic: Chose, or Ratified, the Chief Ruler· Israel: Under the Judges: They Demand a King· Kings: Israel Warned Against Seeking· Monarchy: Described by Samuel· Rulers: Wicked· Samuel: People Desire a King; he Protests· Tribute: Sometimes Exacted by Kings from Their own Subjects