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The role and function of officers can be seen throughout both the Old and New Testaments, reflecting the organizational needs of ancient Israelite society and the early Christian community.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, officers were often appointed to assist in the administration of justice, governance, and military operations. The Hebrew word often translated as "officer" is "shoter," which can also mean scribe or official. These individuals played crucial roles in maintaining order and executing the commands of leaders.<br><br>1. <b>Military Officers</b>: Officers were integral to the military structure of ancient Israel. They were responsible for leading troops, organizing military campaigns, and ensuring discipline among the ranks. In <a href="/deuteronomy/20-9.htm">Deuteronomy 20:9</a>, the officers are mentioned in the context of preparing the people for battle: "When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders over it."<br><br>2. <b>Civil and Judicial Officers</b>: Officers also served in civil and judicial capacities. They were tasked with enforcing laws and ensuring justice was administered fairly. In <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Exodus 5:14</a>, officers are mentioned in the context of the Israelites' oppression in Egypt: "Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, 'Why have you not met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?'"<br><br>3. <b>Religious Officers</b>: In the religious sphere, officers assisted in the administration of temple duties and the enforcement of religious laws. They worked alongside priests and Levites to ensure the proper conduct of worship and adherence to the covenant.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of officers extends into the early Christian church, where organizational roles were necessary for the growing community of believers.<br><br>1. <b>Church Officers</b>: The early church established various offices to maintain order and facilitate the spread of the Gospel. These included roles such as deacons and elders, who were responsible for teaching, governance, and caring for the needs of the congregation. In <a href="/acts/6-3.htm">Acts 6:3</a>, the apostles instructed the believers to select men to serve as deacons: "Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this duty to them."<br><br>2. <b>Roman Officers</b>: The New Testament also references Roman officers, who were part of the occupying forces in Judea. These officers often interacted with Jesus and the apostles, sometimes showing respect and interest in the Christian message. For example, in <a href="/matthew/8-5.htm">Matthew 8:5-13</a>, a Roman centurion approaches Jesus, demonstrating faith in His authority to heal.<br><br><b>Significance and Legacy</b><br><br>Officers in the biblical narrative highlight the importance of leadership and organization in both secular and religious contexts. Their roles were essential for maintaining order, executing justice, and supporting the community's spiritual life. The biblical portrayal of officers underscores the value of authority exercised with integrity and faithfulness to God's commands.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5511.htm"><span class="l">5511. chlamus -- a chlamys or short cloak</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Transliteration: chlamus Phonetic Spelling: (khlam-ooce') Short Definition: a short<br> cloak Definition: a short cloak, worn by military <b>officers</b> and soldiers. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5511.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4210.htm"><span class="l">4210. porphurous -- purple</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hence, giving Jesus a cloak, Him as someone merely to be a. [This garment was<br> perhaps a discarded <b>officers</b>' cloak that had been dyed purple.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4210.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5257.htm"><span class="l">5257. huperetes -- an underling, servant</span></a> <br><b>...</b> from hupo and eretes (a rower) Definition an underling, servant NASB Word Usage<br> attendant (1), helper (1), minister (1), officer (1), <b>officers</b> (13), servants (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5257.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4244.htm"><span class="l">4244. presbuterion -- a body of elders</span></a> <br><b>...</b> presbuterion Phonetic Spelling: (pres-boo-ter'-ee-on) Short Definition: an assembly<br> of elders Definition: an assembly of elders, the Sanhedrin, <b>officers</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4244.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4755.htm"><span class="l">4755. strategos -- a general, governor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as strateuo and from ago Definition a general, governor<br> NASB Word Usage captain (3), chief magistrates (5), <b>officers</b> (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4755.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7262.htm"><span class="l">7262. Rabshaqeh -- perhaps "chief of the <b>officers</b>," an Assyr. <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Rabshaqeh. 7263 . perhaps "chief of the <b>officers</b>," an Assyr. <b>...</b> Word Origin from rab<br> and shaqah Definition perhaps "chief of the <b>officers</b>," an Assyr. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7262.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7991c.htm"><span class="l">7991c. shalish -- adjutant, officer</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7991b, 7991c. shalish. 7992 . adjutant, officer. Transliteration: shalish<br> Short Definition: <b>officers</b>. Word Origin from the same <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7991c.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5631.htm"><span class="l">5631. saris -- eunuch</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin probably of foreign origin Definition eunuch NASB Word Usage court <b>officers</b><br> (1), court officials (1), eunuch (5), eunuchs (10), officer (5 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5631.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7227b.htm"><span class="l">7227b. rab -- chief</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from rabab Definition chief NASB Word Usage captain (24), captain*<br> (1), Champion (1), chief (1), chief <b>officers</b> (1), leading <b>officers</b> (1), official <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7227b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm"><span class="l">7860. shoter -- official, officer</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7859, 7860. shoter. 7861 . official, officer. Transliteration: shoter<br> Phonetic Spelling: (sho-tare') Short Definition: <b>officers</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7860.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6486.htm"><span class="l">6486. pequddah -- oversight, mustering, visitation, store</span></a><br><b>...</b> NASB Word Usage administrators (1), affairs (1), appointed (1), care (1), class<br> (1), executioners (1), fate (1), muster (2), office (1), <b>officers</b> (1), offices <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6486.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm"><span class="l">8269. sar -- chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), chiefs (1), commander (40), commanders (49), governor (3), heads (1), leader<br> (2), leaders (28), leading (3), officer (1), <b>officers</b> (14), official (9 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8269.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5324.htm"><span class="l">5324. natsab -- to take one's stand, stand</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), attending (1), best (1), charge (2), deputies (4), deputy (1), erected (2),<br> establish (2), established (1), fix (1), fixed (1), <b>officers</b> (1), pillar (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5324.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm"><span class="l">5650. ebed -- slave, servant</span></a><br><b>...</b> Definition slave, servant NASB Word Usage attendants (1), bondage (2), male (24),<br> male servant (7), male servants (5), male slaves (1), <b>officers</b> (1), official <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5650.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm"><span class="l">8104. shamar -- to keep, watch, preserve</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2), keeping (10), keeps (19), kept (38), kept watch (2), maintained (1), mark (2),<br> observe (30), observed (6), observes (1), observing (1), <b>officers</b> (2), pay <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8104.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/fifteenth_sunday_after_trinity_church.htm"><span class="l">Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Church <b>Officers</b> Warned of Vain <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity CHURCH <b>OFFICERS</b> WARNED OF VAIN-GLORY. Text: Galatians<br> 5, 25-26 and 6, 1-10. <b>...</b> CHURCH <b>OFFICERS</b> WARNED OF VAIN-GLORY. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/fifteenth sunday after trinity church.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gerberding/the_way_of_salvation_in_the_lutheran_church/chapter_iii_the_sacred_officers.htm"><span class="l">The Sacred <b>Officers</b> and Sacred Occasions.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter III. The Sacred <b>Officers</b> and Sacred Occasions. Chapter III. The<br> Sacred <b>Officers</b> and Sacred Occasions. The Sacred <b>Officers</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter iii the sacred officers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/allen/autobiography_of_frank_g_allen_minister_of_the_gospel/chapter_xiii_history_of_the.htm"><span class="l">History of the Mt. Byrd Church. When Established. Where. Charter <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Byrd Church. When Established. Where. Charter Members. <b>Officers</b>. Preachers. Number<br> of Members. <b>...</b> Where. Charter Members. <b>Officers</b>. Preachers. Number of Members. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xiii history of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_nicodemus_/chapter_6_22_when_this.htm"><span class="l">When this was Seen by Hades and Death, and their Impious <b>Officers</b>. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part II."Christ's Descent into Hell. Latin. First Version. Chapter 6 (22). When<br> this was seen by Hades and Death, and their impious <b>officers</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 6 22 when this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_lxvii_he_received_the_same.htm"><span class="l">He Received the Same Honors from the Counts and Other <b>Officers</b> as <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter LXVII."He received the same Honors from the Counts and<br> other <b>Officers</b> as before his Death. The military <b>officers</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter lxvii he received the same.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/sketches_of_jewish_social_life/chapter_4_travelling_in_palestineroads.htm"><span class="l">Travelling in Palestine --Roads, Inns, Hospitality, Custom-House <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 4 Travelling in Palestine"Roads, Inns, Hospitality, Custom-House<br> <b>Officers</b>, Taxation, Publicans. It was the very busiest <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sketches of jewish social life/chapter 4 travelling in palestineroads.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_v_engagement_between_valens_and.htm"><span class="l">Engagement Between Valens and Procopius Near Nacolia in Phrygia <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter V."Engagement between Valens and Procopius near Nacolia in Phrygia; after<br> which the Usurper is betrayed by his Chief <b>Officers</b>, and with them put to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter v engagement between valens and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_lxv_lamentations_of_the_soldiery.htm"><span class="l">Lamentations of the Soldiery and their <b>Officers</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter LXV."Lamentations of the Soldiery and their <b>Officers</b>.<br> Immediately the assembled spearmen and body-guard rent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter lxv lamentations of the soldiery.htm</font><p><a href="/library/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_iii/tenth_sunday_after_trinity_spiritual.htm"><span class="l">Tenth Sunday after Trinity Spiritual Counsel for Church <b>Officers</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Tenth Sunday After Trinity SPIRITUAL COUNSEL FOR CHURCH <b>OFFICERS</b>. Text: 1<br> Corinthians 12, 1-11. <b>...</b> SPIRITUAL COUNSEL FOR CHURCH <b>OFFICERS</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/tenth sunday after trinity spiritual.htm</font><p><a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_iii_of_the_divine.htm"><span class="l">Of the Divine Providence in General.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> porches and courts, so many windows and thus of all the rest which belonged to the<br> temple; then so many sacrificers, so many singers and other <b>officers</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii of the divine.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/officers.htm"><span class="l"><b>Officers</b> (171 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Officers</b> (171 Occurrences). Matthew 26:57 But the<br><b>officers</b> who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/officers.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/guards.htm"><span class="l">Guards (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 26:58 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest,<br> and entered in and sat with the <b>officers</b>, to see the end. (See RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/guards.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/deputies.htm"><span class="l">Deputies (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV WBS). 1 Kings 4:5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the <b>officers</b>; and<br> Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend; (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/deputies.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foremen.htm"><span class="l">Foremen (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 5:10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their <b>officers</b>, and they<br> spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says:'I will not give you <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foremen.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rabsaris.htm"><span class="l">Rabsaris (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Chief of the Heads, one of the three <b>officers</b> whom Sennacherib sent from Lachish<br> with a threatening message to Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Jeremiah 39:3, 13). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rabsaris.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/elder.htm"><span class="l">Elder (34 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In certain passages different classes of <b>officers</b> are mentioned as "judges and <b>officers</b>"<br> (Deuteronomy 16:18), "elders" and "<b>officers</b>" (Deuteronomy 31:28 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/elder.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/official.htm"><span class="l">Official (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban<br> Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief <b>officers</b> of the king of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/official.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/taskmasters.htm"><span class="l">Taskmasters (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 5:6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people,<br> and their <b>officers</b>, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/taskmasters.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/task-masters.htm"><span class="l">Task-masters (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> sorrows; (WBS). Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters<br> of the people, and their <b>officers</b>, saying, (WBS). Exodus 5 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/task-masters.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rabshakeh.htm"><span class="l">Rabshakeh (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Rabshakeh was one of the <b>officers</b> sent by Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, with<br> the Tartan and the Rabsaris to demand the surrender of Jerusalem, which was <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rabshakeh.htm - 14k</font><p><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><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/courts-of-heaven.html">What are the courts of heaven? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-submissive.html">According to the Bible, to whom are we to be submissive, and why? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><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><span class="encheading">Officers (171 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-57.htm">Matthew 26:57</a></span><br />But the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes and the Elders had assembled.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-58.htm">Matthew 26:58</a></span><br />But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, to see the end.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-21.htm">Mark 6:21</a></span><br />Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and the chief men of Galilee.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-54.htm">Mark 14:54</a></span><br />Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and warming himself in the light of the fire.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-65.htm">Mark 14:65</a></span><br />Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> struck him with the palms of their hands.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-2.htm">Luke 1:2</a></span><br />as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the Word, --<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-4.htm">Luke 22:4</a></span><br />He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-52.htm">Luke 22:52</a></span><br />Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-32.htm">John 7:32</a></span><br />The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent <span class="boldtext">officers</span> to arrest him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-45.htm">John 7:45</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-46.htm">John 7:46</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-3.htm">John 18:3</a></span><br />Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and <span class="boldtext">officers</span> from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-12.htm">John 18:12</a></span><br />So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-18.htm">John 18:18</a></span><br />Now the servants and the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-22.htm">John 18:22</a></span><br />When he had said this, one of the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-36.htm">John 18:36</a></span><br />Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my <span class="boldtext">officers</span> had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/19-6.htm">John 19:6</a></span><br />When therefore the chief priests and the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-22.htm">Acts 5:22</a></span><br />But the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-26.htm">Acts 5:26</a></span><br />Then the captain went with the <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-35.htm">Acts 16:35</a></span><br />But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-37.htm">Acts 16:37</a></span><br />But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Acts 21:32</a></span><br />He instantly sent for a few soldiers and their <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and came down among the people with all speed. At the sight of the Tribune and the troops they ceased beating Paul.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/25-23.htm">Acts 25:23</a></span><br />So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding <span class="boldtext">officers</span> and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/13-6.htm">Romans 13:6</a></span><br />For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, attending continually on this very thing.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm">1 Corinthians 4:1</a></span><br />As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and stewards of God's secret truths.<br /><span class="source">(WEY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/6-15.htm">Revelation 6:15</a></span><br />The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/40-2.htm">Genesis 40:2</a></span><br />Pharaoh was angry with his two <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/40-7.htm">Genesis 40:7</a></span><br />He asked Pharaoh's <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/41-34.htm">Genesis 41:34</a></span><br />Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint <span class="boldtext">officers</span> over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6</a></span><br />The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, saying,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Exodus 5:10</a></span><br />The taskmasters of the people went out, and their <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and they spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says:'I will not give you straw.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Exodus 5:14</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-15.htm">Exodus 5:15</a></span><br />Then the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Exodus 5:19</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7</a></span><br />and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4</a></span><br />He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea. His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and <span class="boldtext">officers</span> over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-14.htm">Numbers 31:14</a></span><br />Moses was angry with the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/31-48.htm">Numbers 31:48</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-15.htm">Deuteronomy 1:15</a></span><br />So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, according to your tribes.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a></span><br />You shall make judges and <span class="boldtext">officers</span> in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-5.htm">Deuteronomy 20:5</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-8.htm">Deuteronomy 20:8</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">officers</span> shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-9.htm">Deuteronomy 20:9</a></span><br />It shall be, when the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10</a></span><br />You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, even all the men of Israel,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Deuteronomy 31:28</a></span><br />Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/1-10.htm">Joshua 1:10</a></span><br />Then Joshua commanded the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the people, saying,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/3-2.htm">Joshua 3:2</a></span><br />It happened after three days, that the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> went through the midst of the camp;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-33.htm">Joshua 8:33</a></span><br />All Israel, and their elders and <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of Yahweh's covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua 23:2</a></span><br />that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and said to them, "I am old and well advanced in years.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1</a></span><br />Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their <span class="boldtext">officers</span>; and they presented themselves before God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">1 Samuel 8:15</a></span><br />He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and to his servants.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-5.htm">1 Samuel 18:5</a></span><br />David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/18-30.htm">1 Samuel 18:30</a></span><br />Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-7.htm">2 Samuel 8:7</a></span><br />David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-5.htm">1 Kings 4:5</a></span><br />and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the <span class="boldtext">officers</span>; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">1 Kings 4:7</a></span><br />Solomon had twelve <span class="boldtext">officers</span> over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-19.htm">1 Kings 4:19</a></span><br />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 that was in the land. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-27.htm">1 Kings 4:27</a></span><br />Those <span class="boldtext">officers</span> provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-28.htm">1 Kings 4:28</a></span><br />Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> were, every man according to his duty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm">1 Kings 5:16</a></span><br />besides Solomon's chief <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm">1 Kings 9:22</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/9-23.htm">1 Kings 9:23</a></span><br />These were the chief <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-27.htm">1 Kings 14:27</a></span><br />King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-14.htm">1 Kings 20:14</a></span><br />Ahab said, "By whom?" He said, "Thus says Yahweh,'By the young men of the princes of the provinces.'" Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" He answered, "You."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-15.htm">1 Kings 20:15</a></span><br />Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-24.htm">1 Kings 20:24</a></span><br />Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8</a></span><br />Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm">2 Kings 6:11</a></span><br />The heart of the king of Syria was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, "Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a></span><br />One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm">2 Kings 7:12</a></span><br />The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, "I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying,'When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.'"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-5.htm">2 Kings 9:5</a></span><br />When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting. Then he said, "I have a message for you, captain." Jehu said, "To which of us all?" He said, "To you, O captain."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-11.htm">2 Kings 9:11</a></span><br />Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">2 Kings 9:32</a></span><br />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 eunuchs. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">2 Kings 10:25</a></span><br />And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains: 'Go in, and slay them; let none come forth.' And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-14.htm">2 Kings 11:14</a></span><br />and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-15.htm">2 Kings 11:15</a></span><br />But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the <span class="boldtext">officers</span> of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/11-18.htm">2 Kings 11:18</a></span><br />All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed <span class="boldtext">officers</span> over the house of Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm">2 Kings 15:25</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/20-18.htm">2 Kings 20:18</a></span><br />And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/24-11.htm">2 Kings 24:11</a></span><br />Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/24-12.htm">2 Kings 24:12</a></span><br />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 <span class="boldtext">officers</span>: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14</a></span><br />He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/24-15.htm">2 Kings 24:15</a></span><br />He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his <span class="boldtext">officers</span>, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">2 Kings 25:18</a></span><br />The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">2 Kings 25:23</a></span><br />Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/25-26.htm">2 Kings 25:26</a></span><br />All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a></span><br />This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-14.htm">1 Chronicles 12:14</a></span><br />These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-18.htm">1 Chronicles 12:18</a></span><br />Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-28.htm">1 Chronicles 12:28</a></span><br />and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/12-34.htm">1 Chronicles 12:34</a></span><br />Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-1.htm">1 Chronicles 13:1</a></span><br />David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/18-7.htm">1 Chronicles 18:7</a></span><br />David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm">1 Chronicles 23:4</a></span><br />Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were <span class="boldtext">officers</span> and judges;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">1 Chronicles 24:5</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-26.htm">1 Chronicles 26:26</a></span><br />This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-29.htm">1 Chronicles 26:29</a></span><br />Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for <span class="boldtext">officers</span> and judges.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-30.htm">1 Chronicles 26:30</a></span><br />And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were <span class="boldtext">officers</span> among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-1.htm">1 Chronicles 27:1</a></span><br />Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their <span class="boldtext">officers</span> who served the king, in any matter of 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