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These roles are often characterized by duties that involve governance, administration, and the execution of laws or decrees. The Bible provides numerous examples of officials, highlighting their roles, responsibilities, and the moral and ethical standards expected of them. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, officials are frequently mentioned in relation to the governance of Israel and other nations. They served under kings, judges, and other leaders, often tasked with implementing decisions and maintaining order. For instance, during the reign of King Solomon, officials played a crucial role in the administration of the kingdom. <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">1 Kings 4:7</a> states, "Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each one made provision for one month of the year." The role of officials extended beyond mere administration; they were also expected to uphold justice and righteousness. In <a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">2 Chronicles 19:5-7</a> , Jehoshaphat appoints judges and instructs them, "Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful in what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery." New Testament Context In the New Testament, officials are often seen in the context of the Roman Empire, which had a well-established system of governance. Roman officials, such as centurions and governors, are mentioned in various accounts. For example, in <a href="/acts/23-24.htm">Acts 23:24-26</a> , the Roman commander writes a letter to Governor Felix regarding the Apostle Paul, demonstrating the administrative role of officials in maintaining law and order. Jesus Himself interacted with officials, emphasizing the importance of integrity and justice. In <a href="/luke/3-12.htm">Luke 3:12-14</a> , tax collectors and soldiers (who were officials of sorts) came to John the Baptist asking what they should do. He replied, "Collect no more than you are authorized. Do not extort money, and do not accuse others falsely. Be content with your wages." Moral and Ethical Expectations The Bible sets high moral and ethical standards for officials, emphasizing justice, fairness, and accountability. <a href="/proverbs/29-4.htm">Proverbs 29:4</a> states, "By justice a king gives stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it." This highlights the importance of just governance and the detrimental effects of corruption. Furthermore, officials are reminded of their accountability to God. <a href="/romans/13.htm">Romans 13:1-4</a> underscores the divine ordination of authorities: "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God." This passage calls for respect towards officials while also reminding them of their responsibility to govern justly under God's sovereignty. Conclusion Throughout the Bible, officials are depicted as key figures in the administration and governance of society. Their roles are marked by a call to justice, integrity, and service, reflecting the broader biblical principles of leadership and accountability.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/752.htm">752. archisunagogos -- ruler of a synagogue</a> ... Word Origin from archo and sunagoge Definition ruler of a synagogue NASB Word Usage leader of the synagogue (2), synagogue official (5), synagogue officials (2 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/752.htm - 8k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/301.htm">301. Achishar -- "my brother has sung," one of Solomon's officials</a> ... Achishar. 302 . "my brother has sung," one of Solomon's officials. Transliteration: Achishar Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-shawr') Short Definition: Ahishar. ... /hebrew/301.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5631.htm">5631. saris -- eunuch</a> saris or saris. 5630, 5631. saris or saris. 5632 . eunuch. Transliteration: saris or saris Phonetic Spelling: (saw-reece') Short Definition: officials. ... /hebrew/5631.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/671a.htm">671a. apharesekaye -- official</a> ... 671, 671a. apharesekaye. 671b . official. Transliteration: apharesekaye Short Definition: officials. Word Origin (Aramaic) from ... /hebrew/671a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/5461.htm">5461. sagan -- a prefect, ruler</a> ... 5460, 5461. sagan. 5462 . a prefect, ruler. Transliteration: sagan Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gawn') Short Definition: officials. Word ... /hebrew/5461.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2967.htm">2967. tarpelaye -- official (a Pers. title)</a> ... official (a Pers. title). Transliteration: tarpelaye Phonetic Spelling: (tar-pel-ah'-ee) Short Definition: officials. ... title) NASB Word Usage officials (1). ... /hebrew/2967.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1907.htm">1907. haddabar -- counselor, minister</a> ... 1906, 1907. haddabar. 1908 . counselor, minister. Transliteration: haddabar Phonetic Spelling: (had-daw-bawr') Short Definition: officials. ... /hebrew/1907.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5387a.htm">5387a. nasi -- one lifted up, a chief, prince</a> ... Word Origin from nasa Definition one lifted up, a chief, prince NASB Word Usage chief (2), chiefs (2), leader (43), leaders (32), officials (1), prince (30 ... /hebrew/5387a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm">8269. sar -- chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</a> ... 40), commanders (49), governor (3), heads (1), leader (2), leaders (28), leading (3), officer (1), officers (14), official (9), officials (35), overseers (3 ... /hebrew/8269.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/671b.htm">671b. apharesattekaye -- official</a> ... 671a, 671b. apharesattekaye. 672 . official. Transliteration: apharesattekaye Short Definition: officials. Word Origin (Aramaic) from ... /hebrew/671b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm">1364. gaboah -- high, exalted</a> ... Word Origin from gabah Definition high, exalted NASB Word Usage haughtiness (1), haughty (2), high (22), higher officials (1), lofty (1), long (1), longer (1 ... /hebrew/1364.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/tertullian/on_idolatry/chapter_xvii_the_cases_of_servants.htm">The Cases of Servants and Other Officials. What Offices a ...</a> ... Chapter XVII."The Cases of Servants and Other Officials. ... officials likewise, when attending on their lords, or patrons, or superiors, when sacrificing? ... /.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter xvii the cases of servants.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/daniel_in_the_lions_den.htm">Daniel in the Lions' Den</a> ... It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty officers who ruled the whole kingdom, and over them three chief officials, of whom Daniel was one ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/daniel in the lions den.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/jeremiahs_courage_in_danger.htm">Jeremiah's Courage in Danger</a> ... But when the public officials of Judah heard of these things, they came up from the palace to the temple of Jehovah and held court at the entrance, at the new ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/jeremiahs courage in danger.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/overcoming_great_difficulties.htm">Overcoming Great Difficulties</a> ... So my God put it into my mind to gather together the nobles and the officials and the people. The officials lived in Jerusalem. ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/overcoming great difficulties.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_to_baptize_is_part.htm">Whether to Baptize is Part of the Priestly Office, or Proper to ...</a> ... Reply to Objection 2: In every commonwealth minor affairs are entrusted to lower officials, while greater affairs are restricted to higher officials; according ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether to baptize is part.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/paul_and_silas_in_macedonia.htm">Paul and Silas in Macedonia</a> ... But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the public square before the city officials. ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/paul and silas in macedonia.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/queen_esthers_love_for_her.htm">Queen Esther's Love for Her People</a> ... PEOPLE. After Xerxes had been king of Persia for three years, he gave a feast for all his officials, officers, and servants. The ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/queen esthers love for her.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/methodical_liberality.htm">Methodical Liberality</a> ... Next, we have the negligent, if not dishonest, officials. We do not know how long Joash tried the experiment of letting the priests ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/methodical liberality.htm<a href="/library/bounds/prayer_and_praying_men/ii_praying_saints_of_the.htm">Praying Saints of the Old Testaments (Continued)</a> ... Lambeth and Wainwright did all they could but the high officials were obstinate and unrelenting. They then retired to the room of prayer. ... /.../bounds/prayer and praying men/ii praying saints of the.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/davids_charge_to_solomon.htm">David's Charge to Solomon</a> ... David had established an elaborate organisation of royal officials, details of which occupy the preceding chapters and interrupt the course of the narrative. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/davids charge to solomon.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/officials.htm">Officials (229 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Officials (229 Occurrences). Matthew 20:25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers ... /o/officials.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/o/official.htm">Official (45 Occurrences)</a> ... Esther 1:8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do ... /o/official.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/t/taskmaster.htm">Taskmaster (3 Occurrences)</a> ... or "levy" (Exodus 1:11); noghes, "distress," "driver," "oppressor," "raiser of taxes," "taskmaster" (Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:6, 10, 13, 14)): Officials of this ... /t/taskmaster.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/a/amon.htm">Amon (20 Occurrences)</a> ... (1) A king of Judah, son and successor of Manasseh; reigned two years and was assassinated in his own palace by the officials of his household. ... /a/amon.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/a/assessor.htm">Assessor</a> ... Later it came to mean one who assesses people or property for purposes of taxation. (1) Royal officials in Israel have the general title sarim, "princes," and ... /a/assessor.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/z/zedekiah.htm">Zedekiah (63 Occurrences)</a> ... of Jehoiakim. (4) One of the officials who sealed the renewed covenant (Nehemiah 10:1, the King James Version "Zid-kijah"). The ... /z/zedekiah.htm - 49k<a href="/topical/k/keys.htm">Keys (2 Occurrences)</a> ... place in the church; (e) that the power belongs to Peter as representative of the church, and so to the church to be exercised (i) by the officials of the ... /k/keys.htm - 32k<a href="/topical/a/arrest.htm">Arrest (22 Occurrences)</a> ... supremacy. Not only so, but, in a large degree, they permitted these laws to be administered by the officials of the subject peoples. ... /a/arrest.htm - 45k<a href="/topical/t/trial.htm">Trial (45 Occurrences)</a> ... supremacy. Not only so, but, in a large degree, they permitted these laws to be administered by the officials of the subject peoples. ... /t/trial.htm - 52k<a href="/topical/p/purim.htm">Purim (5 Occurrences)</a> ... On that fateful day not only did the Jews successfully resist the malice of their enemies, but the public officials also, seeing that the royal favor was with ... /p/purim.htm - 16k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/satraps-Daniel.html">Who were the satraps in the book of Daniel? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Esther.html">Who was Esther in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/95-theses.html">What are the 95 Theses of Martin Luther? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/officials.htm">Officials: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Officials (229 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/20-25.htm">Matthew 20:25</a> But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. (See NIV)<a href="/mark/5-22.htm">Mark 5:22</a> Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, (See NAS)<a href="/mark/6-21.htm">Mark 6:21</a> Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. (See NIV)<a href="/mark/10-42.htm">Mark 10:42</a> Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. (See NIV)<a href="/john/18-3.htm">John 18:3</a> Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons; (See NIV)<a href="/john/18-12.htm">John 18:12</a> The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him, (See NIV)<a href="/john/18-18.htm">John 18:18</a> and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself. (See NIV)<a href="/john/19-6.htm">John 19:6</a> When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, 'Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, 'Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;' (See NIV)<a href="/acts/13-15.htm">Acts 13:15</a> After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak." (See NAS)<a href="/acts/17-6.htm">Acts 17:6</a> When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also, (See NIV)<a href="/acts/17-8.htm">Acts 17:8</a> The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things. (See NIV)<a href="/acts/19-31.htm">Acts 19:31</a> A few of the public officials, too, who were friendly to him, sent repeated messages entreating him not to venture into the Theatre. (WEY NIV)<a href="/genesis/12-15.htm">Genesis 12:15</a> The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/20-8.htm">Genesis 20:8</a> Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Genesis 37:36</a> And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/39-1.htm">Genesis 39:1</a> And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/40-2.htm">Genesis 40:2</a> And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/40-7.htm">Genesis 40:7</a> And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his master's house, saying: 'Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?' (See NAS NIV)<a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">Genesis 40:20</a> It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/41-37.htm">Genesis 41:37</a> The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Genesis 45:16</a> The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/50-7.htm">Genesis 50:7</a> Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt, (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Exodus 5:21</a> and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us." (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/7-10.htm">Exodus 7:10</a> Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/7-20.htm">Exodus 7:20</a> Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a> and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-4.htm">Exodus 8:4</a> and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.'" (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Exodus 8:9</a> And Moses saith to Pharaoh, 'Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?' (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-11.htm">Exodus 8:11</a> The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only." (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-21.htm">Exodus 8:21</a> Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Exodus 8:24</a> Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-29.htm">Exodus 8:29</a> And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/8-31.htm">Exodus 8:31</a> Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a> For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. (WEB NIV)<a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Exodus 9:34</a> When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">Exodus 10:1</a> Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/10-6.htm">Exodus 10:6</a> Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Exodus 10:7</a> Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?" (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/11-3.htm">Exodus 11:3</a> Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/12-30.htm">Exodus 12:30</a> Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Exodus 14:5</a> It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21</a> Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25</a> Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Exodus 23:8</a> "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. (See RSV)<a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a> And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. (See NIV)<a href="/numbers/26-9.htm">Numbers 26:9</a> The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh, (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-15.htm">Deuteronomy 1:15</a> So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a> Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, tribe by tribe; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-2.htm">Deuteronomy 29:2</a> Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10</a> Ye are standing this day all of you before the LORD your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Deuteronomy 31:28</a> Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/34-11.htm">Deuteronomy 34:11</a> in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33</a> And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua 23:2</a> that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them: 'I am old and well stricken in years. (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1</a> And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. (See NIV)<a href="/judges/8-6.htm">Judges 8:6</a> And the officials of Succoth said, "Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?" (DBY RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/8-14.htm">Judges 8:14</a> And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men. (DBY RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">1 Samuel 8:15</a> And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/22-6.htm">1 Samuel 22:6</a> Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/22-9.htm">1 Samuel 22:9</a> Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (See NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm">1 Samuel 22:17</a> The king said to the guard who stood about him, "Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me." But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/13-24.htm">2 Samuel 13:24</a> Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/15-14.htm">2 Samuel 15:14</a> David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/15-15.htm">2 Samuel 15:15</a> The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/16-6.htm">2 Samuel 16:6</a> He cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/16-11.htm">2 Samuel 16:11</a> And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/1-9.htm">1 Kings 1:9</a> Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants: (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/1-47.htm">1 Kings 1:47</a> Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying,'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/4-2.htm">1 Kings 4:2</a> These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest; (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm">1 Kings 9:22</a> But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/9-23.htm">1 Kings 9:23</a> These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that wrought in the work. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm">1 Kings 10:5</a> and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/10-8.htm">1 Kings 10:8</a> Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-17.htm">1 Kings 11:17</a> that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">1 Kings 11:26</a> Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm">1 Kings 15:18</a> Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying, (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/16-9.htm">1 Kings 16:9</a> His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah: (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm">1 Kings 20:6</a> but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away."'" (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/20-23.htm">1 Kings 20:23</a> The servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32</a> And he lifted up his face to the window, and said: 'Who is on my side? who?' And there looked out to him two or three officers. (See NAS)<a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">2 Kings 10:1</a> Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up the sons of Ahab, saying, (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/14-5.htm">2 Kings 14:5</a> It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father: (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm">2 Kings 18:24</a> How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/19-5.htm">2 Kings 19:5</a> So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">2 Kings 20:18</a> And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.' (See NAS)<a href="/2_kings/21-23.htm">2 Kings 21:23</a> The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/22-9.htm">2 Kings 22:9</a> Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh." (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/24-12.htm">2 Kings 24:12</a> And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/24-15.htm">2 Kings 24:15</a> And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/25-24.htm">2 Kings 25:24</a> Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, "Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you." (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/18-17.htm">1 Chronicles 18:17</a> and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">1 Chronicles 23:4</a> Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges; (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">1 Chronicles 24:5</a> Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/24-6.htm">1 Chronicles 24:6</a> Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/26-29.htm">1 Chronicles 26:29</a> Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sorts were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/27-31.htm">1 Chronicles 27:31</a> All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">1 Chronicles 28:1</a> And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and cattle of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valour, unto Jerusalem. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/28-21.htm">1 Chronicles 28:21</a> Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work every willing man who has skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/29-6.htm">1 Chronicles 29:6</a> Then the princes of the fathers' houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly; (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm">1 Chronicles 29:24</a> All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king. 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