Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
the Armies of israel » Divided into » Companies of thousands, &c
Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"
Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down quickly!'"
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year -- of every division were twenty-four thousand.
Tact » In david's popular methods » In securing popular consent to bringing the ark of the covenant to jerusalem
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader. David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us; and let us bring again the ark of our God to us. For we didn't seek it in the days of Saul." read more.
All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.