'Command' in the Bible
Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;
He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai who lined up in battle formation to engage the Ammonites.
Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer's army, led them.
The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.
Why then have you despised the command of the Lord by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife—you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.
Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, answereth and saith, 'Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister;
The king told the woman, “Go home. I will issue a command on your behalf.”
Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)
David sent the people out, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.”
The man replied to Joab, “Even if I had the weight of 1,000 pieces of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for me.’
So Joab’s men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors marched out under Abishai’s command; they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoida was over the Kerethites and the Perethites.
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated,
Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.
The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, "Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army."
David went up in obedience to Gad’s command, just as the Lord had commanded.
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Related Words
- Commandant (17 instances in 1 translation)
- Commandants (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Commanded (620 instances in 12 translations)
- Commandedst (5 instances in 4 translations)
- Commandeered (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Commander (152 instances in 12 translations)
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Bible Theasaurus
- Act (366 instances)
- Bid (26 instances)
- Bidding (16 instances)
- Call (513 instances)
- Charge (519 instances)
- Command (517 instances)
- Control (336 instances)
- Decree (141 instances)
- Dictate (3 instances)
- Dictation (8 instances)
- Direct (89 instances)
- Dominate (15 instances)
- Enact (4 instances)
- Instruction (223 instances)
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