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The role and function of officers varied depending on the context and the specific duties assigned to them. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, officers were often appointed to assist in the administration of justice, governance, and military operations. For example, in the governance of Israel, officers were appointed to help Moses manage the affairs of the people. In <a href="/exodus/18-21.htm">Exodus 18:21</a>, Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, advises him to "select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens." Officers also played a significant role in the military organization of ancient Israel. In <a href="/1_samuel/8-12.htm">1 Samuel 8:12</a>, when the Israelites demanded a king, Samuel warned them that the king would appoint officers over his chariots and horsemen. These officers were responsible for leading and organizing the troops in battle. In the context of the monarchy, officers served in the royal court and were responsible for various administrative duties. In <a href="/1_kings/4-5.htm">1 Kings 4:5</a>, Azariah son of Nathan is mentioned as an officer over the district governors, indicating a role in overseeing regional administration. New Testament Context In the New Testament, the term "officer" is less frequently used, but it still appears in contexts related to authority and governance. In the Roman context, officers were often associated with military and civil authority. For example, in <a href="/acts/23-23.htm">Acts 23:23</a>, the Roman commander called two of his officers and instructed them to prepare a detachment of soldiers to escort Paul safely to Governor Felix. Officers also appear in parables and teachings of Jesus, illustrating principles of authority and accountability. In <a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Luke 12:58</a>, Jesus advises, "As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison." Religious and Spiritual Implications The role of officers in the Bible often reflects broader themes of leadership, responsibility, and accountability. Officers were expected to act with integrity and justice, serving as intermediaries between higher authorities and the people. Their actions and decisions could significantly impact the well-being and order of the community. In a spiritual sense, the concept of an officer can be seen as a metaphor for the responsibilities entrusted to believers. Just as officers were accountable to their superiors, Christians are called to be accountable to God and to exercise their roles and responsibilities with faithfulness and integrity. Overall, the biblical portrayal of officers underscores the importance of leadership that aligns with divine principles, emphasizing justice, righteousness, and service to others.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>OfficerIt is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefinite character or are synonymous terms for functionaries known under other and more specific names, as "scribe," "eunuch" etc. The two words so rendered in the New Testament denote -- <ol> <li>An inferior officer of a court of justice, a messenger or bailiff, like the Roman viator or lictor. (<a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Matthew 5:25</a>; <a href="/acts/5-22.htm">Acts 5:22</a>)</li> <li>Officers whose duty it was to register and collect fines imposed by courts of justice. (<a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Luke 12:58</a>)</li> </ol><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.2. (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer.3. (v. t.) To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.4. (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>OFFICERof'-i-ser: In the King James Version the term is employed to render different words denoting various officials, domestic, civil and military, such as caric, "eunuch," "minister of state" (<a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Genesis 37:36</a>); paqidh, "person in charge," "overseer" (<a href="/genesis/41-34.htm">Genesis 41:34</a>); necibh, "stationed," "garrison," "prefect" (<a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">1 Kings 4:19</a>); shoTer, "scribe" or "secretary" (perhaps arranger or organizer), then any official or overseer. In <a href="/esther/9-3.htm">Esther 9:3</a> for the King James Version "officers of the king" the Revised Version (British and American) has (more literal) "they that did the king's business." In the New Testament, "officer" generally corresponds to the Greek word huperetes, "servant," or any person in the employ of another. In <a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Matthew 5:25</a> the term evidently means "bailiff" or exactor of the fine imposed by the magistrate, and corresponds to praktor, used in <a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Luke 12:58</a>. T. Lewis<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2760.htm">2760. kenturion -- a centurion (a Roman army officer)</a> ... a centurion (a Roman army officer). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kenturion Phonetic Spelling: (ken-too-ree'-ohn) Short Definition: a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2760.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5529.htm">5529. Chouzas -- Chuza, an officer of Herod</a> ... Chuza, an officer of Herod. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Chouzas Phonetic Spelling: (khood-zas') Short Definition: Chuza Definition: Chuza ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5529.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/5529a.htm">5529a. Chouzas -- Chuza, an officer of Herod</a> ... 5529, 5529a. Chouzas. 5529b . Chuza, an officer of Herod. Transliteration: Chouzas Short Definition: Chuza. Word Origin probably ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5529a.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/2804.htm">2804. Klaudios -- Claudius, the name of an Emperor, also an army ...</a> ... Claudius, the name of an Emperor, also an army officer. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Klaudios Phonetic Spelling: (klow'-dee-os) Short ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2804.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4233.htm">4233. praktor -- one who does or accomplishes</a> ... one who does or accomplishes. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: praktor Phonetic Spelling: (prak'-tor) Short Definition: an officer employed to ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4233.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5257.htm">5257. huperetes -- an underling, servant</a> ... huperetes Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ay-ret'-ace) Short Definition: a servant, an attendant Definition: a servant, an attendant, (a) an officer, lictor, (b) an ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5257.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4465.htm">4465. rhabdouchos -- a rod holder, ie (a Roman) lictor (one ...</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: rhabdouchos Phonetic Spelling: (hrab-doo'-khos) Short Definition: a lictor, Roman officer Definition: a holder ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4465.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1413.htm">1413. dunastes -- a ruler, a potentate</a> ... ruler, officer, potentate. From dunamai; a ruler or officer -- of great authority, mighty, potentate. see GREEK dunamai. (dunastas) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1413.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5511.htm">5511. chlamus -- a chlamys or short cloak</a> ... tunic"). 5511 ("a short, official robe") was put on Christ (perhaps taken from a Roman officer) to heighten His humiliation. [For ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5511.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4173.htm">4173. politarches -- the ruler of a city</a> ... ruler of the city. From polis and archo; a town-officer, ie Magistrate -- ruler of the city. see GREEK polis. see GREEK archo. (politarchas) -- 2 Occurrences. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4173.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7860.htm">7860. shoter -- official, officer</a> ... 7859, 7860. shoter. 7861 . official, officer. Transliteration: shoter Phonetic Spelling: (sho-tare') Short Definition: officers. ... officer, overseer, ruler. ... /hebrew/7860.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7991c.htm">7991c. shalish -- adjutant, officer</a> ... 7991b, 7991c. shalish. 7992 . adjutant, officer. Transliteration: shalish Short Definition: officers. Word Origin from the same ... /hebrew/7991c.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/3065.htm">3065. Yehudi -- "Jewish," an officer of Jehoiakim</a> ... 3064, 3065. Yehudi. 3066 . "Jewish," an officer of Jehoiakim. Transliteration: Yehudi Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-hoo-dee') Short Definition: Jehudi. ... /hebrew/3065.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5021.htm">5021. Nebushaz-ban -- "O Nebo, deliver me," a Bab. officer</a> ... officer. Transliteration: Nebushaz-ban Phonetic Spelling: (neb-oo-shaz-bawn') Short Definition: Nebushazban. ... officer NASB Word Usage Nebushazban (1). Nebushazban ... /hebrew/5021.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3151.htm">3151. Yaziz -- an officer of David</a> ... 3150, 3151. Yaziz. 3152 . an officer of David. Transliteration: Yaziz Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-zeez') Short Definition: Jaziz. Word ... /hebrew/3151.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2870b.htm">2870b. Tabeel -- perhaps "God is good," a Pers. officer</a> ... Tabeel. 2871 . perhaps "God is good," a Pers. officer. Transliteration: Tabeel Short Definition: Tabeel. ... officer NASB Word Usage Tabeel (1). 2870a, 2870b. ... /hebrew/2870b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/4732.htm">4732. Miqloth -- a Benjamite, also an officer of David</a> ... 4731, 4732. Miqloth. 4733 . a Benjamite, also an officer of David. Transliteration: Miqloth Phonetic Spelling: (mik-lohth') Short Definition: Mikloth. ... /hebrew/4732.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2083.htm">2083. Zebul -- an officer of Abimelech</a> ... 2082, 2083. Zebul. 2084 . an officer of Abimelech. Transliteration: Zebul Phonetic Spelling: (zeb-ool') Short Definition: Zebul. ... /hebrew/2083.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5562.htm">5562. Samgar Nebo -- a Bab. officer</a> ... a Bab. officer. Transliteration: Samgar Nebo Phonetic Spelling: (sam-gar' neb-o') Short Definition: Samgar-nebu. ... officer NASB Word Usage Samgar-nebu (1). ... /hebrew/5562.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2071.htm">2071. Zabud -- "bestowed," an officer of Solomon</a> ... 2070, 2071. Zabud. 2072 . "bestowed," an officer of Solomon. Transliteration: Zabud Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-bood') Short Definition: Zabud. ... /hebrew/2071.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/letter_cxliv_to_the_prefects.htm">Letter cxliv. To the Prefects' Officer.</a> ... TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter CXLIV. To the prefects' officer. You know the bearer from meeting him in the town. ... /.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cxliv to the prefects.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/peter_and_the_roman_officer.htm">Peter and the Roman Officer</a> ... THE NEW TESTAMENT PETER AND THE ROMAN OFFICER. While Peter was going through the whole country, he stayed for a long time at Joppa ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/peter and the roman officer.htm<a href="/library/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/life_of_antony_section_57.htm">Wherefore a Man, Fronto by Name, who was an Officer of the Court ...</a> ... Life of Antony. Section 57. Wherefore a man, Fronto by name, who was an officer of the Court and? 57. Wherefore a man, Fronto ... /.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 57.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_nicodemus_/chapter_1_our_lord_jesus.htm">Our Lord Jesus Christ Having Wrought in Jud??a Many and Great and ...</a> ... The officer accordingly went away, and finding Jesus, summoned Him, having unfolded on the ground also Pilate's mantle, and urged Him to walk upon it. ... /.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 1 our lord jesus.htm<a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_20_except_ye_see.htm">"Except Ye See Signs and Wonders"</a> ... In Capernaum the tidings attracted the attention of a Jewish nobleman who was an officer in the king's service. A son of the officer ... //christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 20 except ye see.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/pauls_shipwreck.htm">Paul's Shipwreck</a> ... When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and certain other prisoners were placed in charge of Julius, an officer of the Emperor's regiment. ... //christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/pauls shipwreck.htm<a href="/library/bacheller/vergilius/chapter_5_arria_and_her.htm">Arria and Her Mother Sat with the Emperor. ...</a> ... "My good friends," said he, in a low voice, when the wine was served, "we have with us an able officer in this young Manius, one of our assessors in Jerusalem. ... //christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 5 arria and her.htm<a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lix_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 56, 58, "Ye Know How to ...</a> ... the magistrate, give diligence in the way to be delivered from him; lest haply he deliver thee to the magistrate, and the magistrate to the officer, and thou ... /.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lix on the words.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxvi_the_fall_of.htm">The Fall of Eutropius</a> ... He calmed Eudoxia's passion by a promise that her wrongs should be redressed, and striking a silver gong with unwonted energy, bade the officer to go at once ... /.../chapter xxvi the fall of.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxvii_agree_with_thine.htm">Agree with Thine Adversary</a> ... quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be ... /.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxvii agree with thine.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/officer.htm">Officer (70 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer... /o/officer.htm - 30k<a href="/topical/c/commanding.htm">Commanding (79 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Command. 2. (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. ... /c/commanding.htm - 31k<a href="/topical/m/magistrate.htm">Magistrate (9 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary A public civil officer invested with authority. The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were magistrates having ... /m/magistrate.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/m/marshal.htm">Marshal (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. ... 6. (n.) The highest military officer. ... /m/marshal.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/l/lieutenant.htm">Lieutenant</a> ... 1. (n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. ... /l/lieutenant.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/c/chamberlain.htm">Chamberlain (14 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers. ... This officer seems also to have had other duties. ... /c/chamberlain.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/s/shebna.htm">Shebna (9 Occurrences)</a> ... It is used of an officer of the Northern Kingdom in 1 Kings 16:9; 1 Kings 18:3 2 Kings 10:5. This officer is distinguished from him "that was over the city" in ... /s/shebna.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/o/official.htm">Official (45 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or ... /o/official.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/c/commander.htm">Commander (111 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. ... 3. (n.) The chief officer of a commandery. ... /c/commander.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/c/centurion.htm">Centurion (22 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary A Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert ... /c/centurion.htm - 16k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-law-enforcement.html">What does the Bible say about law enforcement / the police? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.blog/racism.html">What does the Bible say about racism? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Instruction-of-Amenemope.html">Was some of Proverbs copied from the Instruction of Amenemope? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/officer.htm">Officer: 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>Officer (70 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Matthew 5:25</a> Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/luke/4-20.htm">Luke 4:20</a> And having folded the roll, having given 'it' back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him. (YLT)<a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Luke 12:58</a> For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/4-46.htm">John 4:46</a> So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum. (WEY)<a href="/john/4-49.htm">John 4:49</a> "Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies." (WEY)<a href="/john/18-12.htm">John 18:12</a> So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/acts/21-31.htm">Acts 21:31</a> As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (WEB)<a href="/acts/21-33.htm">Acts 21:33</a> Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done. (WEB)<a href="/acts/21-37.htm">Acts 21:37</a> As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I speak to you?" He said, "Do you know Greek? (WEB)<a href="/acts/22-24.htm">Acts 22:24</a> the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that. (WEB)<a href="/acts/22-26.htm">Acts 22:26</a> When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!" (WEB)<a href="/acts/22-27.htm">Acts 22:27</a> The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes." (WEB)<a href="/acts/22-28.htm">Acts 22:28</a> The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman." (WEB)<a href="/acts/22-29.htm">Acts 22:29</a> Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him. (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-10.htm">Acts 23:10</a> When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks. (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-15.htm">Acts 23:15</a> Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near." (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-17.htm">Acts 23:17</a> Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him." (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-18.htm">Acts 23:18</a> So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you." (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-19.htm">Acts 23:19</a> The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?" (WEB)<a href="/acts/23-22.htm">Acts 23:22</a> So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me." (WEB)<a href="/acts/24-22.htm">Acts 24:22</a> But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, "When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case." (WEB)<a href="/acts/26-16.htm">Acts 26:16</a> but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things 'in which' I will appear to thee, (YLT)<a href="/2_timothy/2-4.htm">2 Timothy 2:4</a> Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him. (WEY NIV)<a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Genesis 37:36</a> The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/39-1.htm">Genesis 39:1</a> Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/9-28.htm">Judges 9:28</a> Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/29-3.htm">1 Samuel 29:3</a> Then said the princes of the Philistines, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?" (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/4-5.htm">1 Kings 4:5</a> and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">1 Kings 4:19</a> Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_kings/22-9.htm">1 Kings 22:9</a> Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, "Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/2_kings/3-11.htm">2 Kings 3:11</a> But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?" One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah." (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">2 Kings 7:17</a> The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">2 Kings 7:19</a> and that captain answered the man of God, and said, "Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" and he said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/8-6.htm">2 Kings 8:6</a> When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)<a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">2 Kings 9:25</a> Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, "Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him: (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm">2 Kings 15:25</a> Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">2 Kings 18:17</a> The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. (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/23-11.htm">2 Kings 23:11</a> He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. (WEB JPS)<a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">2 Kings 25:19</a> and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/9-11.htm">1 Chronicles 9:11</a> and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; (See NAS RSV)<a href="/1_chronicles/26-24.htm">1 Chronicles 26:24</a> and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a> Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand. (See NAS)<a href="/1_chronicles/27-5.htm">1 Chronicles 27:5</a> The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah (the son of Jehoiada, a principal officer): he was head; and in his division were twenty-four thousand. (DBY)<a href="/1_chronicles/27-16.htm">1 Chronicles 27:16</a> Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah: (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/18-8.htm">2 Chronicles 18:8</a> Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Get quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm">2 Chronicles 24:11</a> It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/26-11.htm">2 Chronicles 26:11</a> Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. (WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/28-7.htm">2 Chronicles 28:7</a> Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king. (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/31-12.htm">2 Chronicles 31:12</a> And they brought in the offerings and the tithes and the hallowed things faithfully; and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/31-13.htm">2 Chronicles 31:13</a> Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/32-21.htm">2 Chronicles 32:21</a> And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezra/4-8.htm">Ezra 4:8</a> Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (See NIV)<a href="/ezra/4-9.htm">Ezra 4:9</a> then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, (See NIV)<a href="/ezra/4-17.htm">Ezra 4:17</a> Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth. (See NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-9.htm">Nehemiah 11:9</a> Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city. (See NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-14.htm">Nehemiah 11:14</a> and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. (See NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/11-22.htm">Nehemiah 11:22</a> The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/6-7.htm">Proverbs 6:7</a> Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, (See NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/33-18.htm">Isaiah 33:18</a> Your heart will give thought to the cause of your fear: where is the scribe, where is he who made a record of the payments, where is he by whom the towers were numbered? (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Isaiah 36:9</a> How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen: (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Jeremiah 20:1</a> Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Jeremiah 38:7</a> Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,) (See JPS)<a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">Jeremiah 39:3</a> that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">Jeremiah 39:13</a> So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon; (Root in WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/51-59.htm">Jeremiah 51:59</a> The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief quartermaster. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/52-25.htm">Jeremiah 52:25</a> and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. (WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/1-3.htm">Daniel 1:3</a> And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in certain of the children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles; (See JPS)<a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Daniel 2:15</a> he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 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