He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
And the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Sa
Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. An
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
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
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jeru
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your fath
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariot
Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And
“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
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 Je
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his office