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'Chiefs' in the Bible

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.

Verse ConceptsOverseersThree Thousand And Up

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRank

These were the chiefs of the overseers of Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, in authority over the people who did the work.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the divisions of the land. Then he said, By whom is the fighting to be started? And he made answer, By you.

Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hundred and thirty-two of them; and after them, he got together all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.

Verse ConceptsLettersNoblesSealsjezebel

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

Verse Conceptsjezebel

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Chiefs (235 instances)
Chieftain (1 instance)
Foreman (3 instances)

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נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

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