'Elders' in the Bible

Now Abner had consultation with the elders of Israel, saying, “In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.

The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them.

So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have counseled.

Then King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house?