And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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Gill's Exposition
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties,.... Which though posts of honour, yet when they are not matter of choice, and especially being precarious, and depending on…
Barnes' Notes
This organization was as old as the time of Moses Num 31:14; Deu 1:15, and prevailed among the Philistines also 1Sa 29:2. The civil and military divisions were identical, and the civil officers were…
We have here the starting of a matter perfectly new and surprising, which was the setting up of kingly government in Israel. Perhaps the thing had been often talked of among them by those that were…
Cambridge Bible
captains over thousands and captains over fifties The Sept. reads "captains of hundreds and captains of thousands," which are the usual military divisions (ch. 1Sa 22:7; Num 31:14): but the Heb. text…
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