16 occurrences

'Captains' in the Bible

These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.

Verse ConceptsOne HundredA Thousand People

Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

Verse ConceptsWelcoming Other People

Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.

And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.

Verse ConceptsWarriors

And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.

Verse ConceptsLeadership Qualities

And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleThirty Thousand And Up

Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.

So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

Verse ConceptsCommanderThe Ark In Jerusalem

And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number.

Verse ConceptsCounting Soldiers

Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

Now the number of the children of Israel, that is, the heads of families, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the men in authority who were servants of the king in anything to do with the divisions which came in and went out month by month through all the months of the year, in every division were twenty-four thousand.

Verse ConceptsRankCalendarsTwenty Thousand And UpFamily Conflict

He was of the sons of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

Of Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

Verse ConceptsCommanderRankAssembling Leaders

And see, there are the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the work of the house of God; and every trained and expert workman will be ready to do for you whatever is needed; and the captains and the people will be under your orders in everything.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodSkillWisdom, Human NatureSubdivisionsVolunteering

Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves;

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsVolunteering

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Chieftain (1 instance)
Headwaiter (2 instances)
Master (460 instances)

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