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Lexicon :: Strong's H8269 - śar

Aa
שַׂר
Transliteration
śar
Pronunciation
sar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2295a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׂר sar, sar; from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class):—captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x

The KJV translates Strong's H8269 in the following manner: prince (208x), captain (130x), chief (33x), ruler (33x), governor (6x), keeper (3x), principal (2x), general (1x), lords (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x
The KJV translates Strong's H8269 in the following manner: prince (208x), captain (130x), chief (33x), ruler (33x), governor (6x), keeper (3x), principal (2x), general (1x), lords (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain

    1. chieftain, leader

    2. vassal, noble, official (under king)

    3. captain, general, commander (military)

    4. chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)

    5. heads, princes (of religious office)

    6. elders (of representative leaders of people)

    7. merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)

    8. patron-angel

    9. Ruler of rulers (of God)

    10. warden

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׂר sar, sar; from H8323; a head person (of any rank or class):—captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
STRONGS H8269: Abbreviations
שַׂר 420 noun masculine chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince (Late Hebrew especially of angels; Assyrian šarru, king); — absolute שַׂר 2 Samuel 3:38 +, הַשַּׂר Micah 7:3 +, שָׂ֑ר Hosea 3:4 +; construct שַׂר Judges 4:2 +; suffix שַׂרְכֶם Daniel 10:21; plural שָׂרִים 1 Kings 4:2 +; construct שָׂרֵי Genesis 12:15 +; suffix שָׂרַי Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:8, שָׂרֵיכֶם Jeremiah 44:21, שָׂרֵיהֶם Isaiah 3:4 +; —
1. chieftain, leader:
a. plural of Israel Numbers 21:18 (poem in J E; || נְדִיֹב הָעָם), of Issachar Judges 5:15 (poem); שָׂרֵי גִלְעָד Judges 10:18 is dubious (we should expect וְשׂ׳, and compare זִקְנֵי ג׳, instead, Judges 11:5-11); of Midian Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3; Philistines 1 Samuel 29:3 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 29:9; (apparently = סְרָנִים 1 Samuel 29:2; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Samuel 29:7 [We], yet distinguished by HPS and [with reserve] Bu; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Th Bu strike out in 1 Samuel 29:4 b), compare 1 Samuel 18:30; in poetry, of כְּמוֺשׁ (i.e. the leading Moabites) Jeremiah 48:7, of מָלכם (which see; i.e. the leading Ammonites) Amos 1:15 = Jeremiah 49:3.
b. singular David as leader of freebooters 1 Samuel 22:2; compare גְּדוּד שׂ׳ 1 Kings 11:24, plural 2 Samuel 4:2.
2. vassal, noble, official, under king (acting, on occasion, as counselor, commander, etc.):
a. plural, in Egypt Genesis 12:15 (J) + 3 times in Isaiah Isaiah 30:4 Di Du Skinner (>of foreign embassy [compare || מַלְאָכָיו] Che and others reading [CheHeb. Hpt. Marti] שָׁשׂרִים), Psalm 105:22; Moab Numbers 22:8 + 8 times in Numberse 22; 23 (JE), Amos 2:3; Edom Isaiah 34:12 (|| הֹרִים); Assyrian Isaiah 10:8; Isaiah 31:9; Babylonian Isaiah 21:5 + 7 timesin Jeremiah + 2 Chronicles 32:31 (but here perhaps vaguely = authorities); other nations Jeremiah 49:38 + 17 times in Ezra, Esther; in general Isaiah 49:7; officials, official class, under kings of Israel: David (only Chronicles) 1 Chronicles 22:17 + 5 timesin 1 Chronicles; Ezra 8:20; Solomon 1 Kings 4:2; Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:12, 14; Zedak. Jeremiah 34:21; 2 Chronicles 36:18; other kings + 19 times in 2 Chronicles; in general Ecclesiastes 10:16, 17; see also (Judah) Jeremiah 1:18 + 31 times in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:25a strike out שׂ׳ Gf Che Gie Du), + 4 times in Lamentations; Ezekiel 17:12; Zephaniah 1:8 (where distinguished from בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, who are never called שׂ׳); so, in general, Nehemiah 9:32, 34; Daniel 9:6, 8; and (Northern Israel) Hosea 3:4 + 6 times in Hosea.
b. as having powers of magistrate (ḳadi) Exodus 2:14 (E + שֹׁפֵט); under Moses (over groups of 1000, 100, 50, 10) Exodus 18:21 + 7 times in Exodus 18 (E), Deuteronomy 1:15 (4 times in verse); later in Judah Hosea 5:10 (Now reads שָׂרֵי תִשׁ׳), Isaiah 1:23, compare Isaiah 3:4, 14; Isaiah 32:1; Micah 7:3 (singular; || שֹׁפֵט), Zephaniah 3:3 (|| id.), Ezekiel 22:27, compare Proverbs 8:16 (|| נְדִיבִים); Proverbs 28:2 read perhaps צָרֶיהָ, see Toy.
c. as ruler or magistrate of a district (מְרִינָה), 1 Kings 20:14, 15, 17, 19; (compare Esther 1:3; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3, שָׂרֵי עַם וָעָם Esther 3:12).
d. as commandant of city, הָעִיר שׂ׳ Judges 9:30, compare 1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:25; 2 Kings 23:8; 2 Chronicles 34:8; of citadel, הַבִּירָה שׂ׳ Nehemiah 7:2; plural of city officials סֻכּוֺת שׂ׳ Judges 8:6, 14 (distinguished from זְקֵנִים), compare 2 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 29:20.
3. specifically military, = captain, general:
a. שַׂרֿ(ה)צבא Genesis 21:22, 32 (E), Genesis 26:26 (J), 1 Samuel 12:9 + 23 times, + יֿ׳ צֿ׳ שׂ׳ Joshua 5:14, 15 (J E; צָבָא 1b), angel-captain in vision; see also 8, 9; שָׂרֵי הַצּ׳ 1 Kings 1:25 + 3 times Chronicles, שָׂרִים בַּצּ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:22 (Gi Baer; van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:21); שָׂרֵי צְבָאוֺת Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Chronicles 27:3; שַׂרהַֿחַ֫יִל 2 Samuel 24:2 (but read וְאֶלשָֿׂרֵי as LXX of Lucian (Lag.) and || 1 Chronicles 21:2 Th We Dr HPS Bu), שָׂרֵי (הַ)ח׳ 1 Chronicles 21:4; 1 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Kings 9:5; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 2:9, שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים 1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 25:23, 26; Jeremiah 40:7, 13 + 7 times Jeremiah; שָׂרֵי מִלְחָמוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:6; so (ה)שׂר alone 2 Samuel 18:5; 2 Samuel 19:7; 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9 Greek Version of the LXX.:B Be Kit (שָׁרָיו וְשָׁלִישָׁיו, for MT שָׂרֵי שׁ׳), 2 Kings 9:5 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:6, 21 + 9 times, + Job 39:25; Daniel 11:5; וְגָדוֺל שׂ׳ 2 Samuel 3:38 (of Abner); possibly military figurative also in שַׂר שָׁלוֺם Isaiah 9:5 (Messianic name).
b. leading companies of 50 2 Kings 1:9-14 Isaiah 3:3, of 100 1 Samuel 22:7 + 16 times + 1 Samuel 8:12 (reading מֵאוֺת for חֲמִשִּׁים Greek Version of the LXX HPS, compare We; Bu insert שָׂרֵי מֵאוֺת), of 1000 1 Samuel 17:18 + 11 times, + שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וְהַמֵּאוֺת 1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 26:26 (distinguished from שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא), 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 2 Chronicles 1:2; also הָרֶכֶב שׂ׳ captain of the chariotry 1 Kings 22:31, 32, 33 2 Chronicles 18:30; 18:31; 18:32 + 3 times + שָׂרֵי וּפָרָשָׁיו ר׳ 1 Kings 9:22 2 Chronicles 8:9.
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a. chief, head, of other official classes: שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, Egypt, Genesis 37:36 + 5 times; שָׂרֵי הָרָצִים 1 Kings 14:27 2 Chronicles 12:10; שָׂרֵי הַנִּצָּבִים 1 Kings 5:30; 1 Kings 9:23 2 Chronicles 8:10; even domestic positions (court of Pharaoh), שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים Genesis 40:2 + 5 times, שַׂר הָאוֺפוֺת Genesis 40:2 + 4 times (all E); שָׂרֵי הַמּחְלְקוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:1, i.e. of the successive courses of royal military officials; compare הַשַּׂר 1 Chronicles 27:28; שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים Daniel 1:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18; שַׂר מְנוּחָה Jeremiah 51:59.
b. = overseer: שַׂר בֵּית הַסֹּהַר Genesis 39:21, 23, שָׂרֵי מִקְנֶה Genesis 47:6 (all J; compare אַבִּיר הָרֹעִים 1 Samuel 21:8), שָׂרֵי מִסִּים Exodus 1:11 (J); compare 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 29:6; 1 Chronicles 27:31; 1 Chronicles 28:1. — In 1 Chronicles 15:22 read probably סַר הַמַּשָּׂא (= שַׂר) overseer of the carrying (for MT בְּמַשָּׂא יָסֹר בַּמַּשָּׂא), so Greek Version of the LXX Benz Kit, Be יָסֹר = יָשׂר; see another view יָסַר Qal.
5. of religious office: שָׂרֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים Ezra 8:24, 29; Ezra 10:5; 2 Chronicles 36:14; הַלְוִיִּם שׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 15:16, 22; 2 Chronicles 35:9, compare 1 Chronicles 15:5, 6, 7, 8, 10 (twice in verse); heads of classes or courses of priests, called שָׂרֵי קֹרֶשׁ 1 Chronicles 24:5, אֱלֹהִים שׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 24:5; — שָׂרֵי ק׳ Isaiah 43:28 (usually consecrated princes, whether priests, or kings, or both) is probably corrupt, read perhaps שַׁעֲרֵי (Du) or וַיְחַלְּלוּ שָׂרֶיךָ קָרְשִׁי Greek Version of the LXX Houb Klo CheHpt Gr (substantially).
6. late, of representative leaders of people, tribal heads, שׂ׳ שִׁבְטֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 27:22; 1 Chronicles 29:6, compare 1 Chronicles 28:1; apparently = elders, הָעָם שׂ׳ Ezekiel 11:1; 2 Chronicles 24:23; שׂ׳ alone, Psalm 68:28 (3 times in verse); in post-exilic Jerusalem Ezra 9:1, 2; Nehemiah 4:10; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 11:1 (שָׂרֵי הָעָם), + elders Ezra 10:8, 14; called שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה Nehemiah 12:31, 32; of district-rulers Nehemiah 3:9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; of heads of families, שָׂרֵי הָאָבוֺת Ezra 8:29; 1 Chronicles 29:6 (= רָאשֵׁי הָא׳ 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 27:1; Nehemiah 7:70).
7. late, as term of rank and dignity, Isaiah 23:8 (compare 'merchant- princes'), Job 3:15; Job 29:9 (|| נְגִירִים), Job 34:19; Psalm 45:17; Psalm 82:7; Psalm 148:11, opposed to עבד(יםׅ Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; formidable foes Psalm 119:23; Psalm 119:161.
8. = patron-angel, only Daniel: פָּרַס (מַלְכוּת) שַׂר Daniel 10:13, 20, יָוָן שׂ׳ Daniel 10:20; specifically of מִיכָאֵל Daniel 10:13, 21; Daniel 12:1
9. שַׂרהַֿצָּבָא Daniel 8:11 = God (probably, compare צָרָא 1c; yet see also צ׳ 1b), so שַׂר שְׂרִים Daniel 8:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:15; 12:15; 21:22; 21:32; 26:26; 30:4; 37:36; 39:21; 39:23; 40:2; 40:2; 47:6

Exodus

1:11; 2:14; 18; 18:21

Numbers

21:18; 22:8

Deuteronomy

1:15; 20:9

Joshua

5:14; 5:15

Judges

4:2; 5:15; 5:15; 7:25; 8:3; 8:6; 8:14; 9:30; 10:18; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11

1 Samuel

8:12; 12:9; 17:18; 18:30; 21:8; 22:2; 22:7; 29:2; 29:3; 29:4; 29:4; 29:6; 29:7; 29:9

2 Samuel

3:38; 3:38; 4:2; 18:5; 19:7; 24:2

1 Kings

1:25; 2:5; 4:2; 9:22; 9:22; 9:23; 11:24; 14:27; 15:20; 20:14; 20:15; 20:17; 20:19; 22:26; 22:31; 22:32; 22:33

2 Kings

1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 1:14; 9:5; 9:5; 10:1; 23:8; 24:12; 24:14; 25:23; 25:26

1 Chronicles

11:6; 11:21; 12:21; 12:22; 13:1; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:10; 15:16; 15:22; 15:22; 15:27; 21:2; 21:4; 21:4; 22:17; 24:5; 24:5; 24:31; 26:26; 27:1; 27:1; 27:3; 27:22; 27:28; 27:31; 28:1; 28:1; 28:1; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6

2 Chronicles

1:2; 8:9; 8:9; 8:10; 12:10; 16:4; 18:25; 18:30; 18:31; 18:32; 24:23; 29:20; 32:6; 32:31; 33:14; 34:8; 35:9; 36:14; 36:18

Ezra

8:20; 8:24; 8:29; 8:29; 9:1; 9:2; 10:5; 10:8; 10:14

Nehemiah

2:9; 3:9; 3:12; 3:14; 3:15; 3:16; 3:17; 3:18; 3:19; 4:10; 7:2; 7:70; 9:32; 9:34; 10:1; 11:1; 12:31; 12:32

Esther

1:3; 3:12; 8:9; 9:3

Job

3:15; 29:9; 34:19; 39:25

Psalms

45:17; 68:28; 82:7; 105:22; 119:23; 119:161; 148:11

Proverbs

8:16; 19:10; 28:2

Ecclesiastes

10:7; 10:16; 10:17

Song of Songs

1

Isaiah

1:23; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 3:14; 9:5; 10:8; 10:8; 21:5; 23:8; 31:9; 32:1; 34:12; 43:28; 49:7

Jeremiah

1:18; 17:25; 34:21; 40:7; 40:13; 44:21; 48:7; 49:3; 49:38; 51:59

Ezekiel

11:1; 17:12; 22:27

Daniel

1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:18; 8:11; 8:25; 9:6; 9:8; 10:13; 10:13; 10:20; 10:20; 10:21; 10:21; 11:5; 12:1

Hosea

3:4; 3:4; 5:10

Amos

1:15; 2:3

Micah

7:3; 7:3

Zephaniah

1:8; 3:3

H8269

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8269 matches the Hebrew שַׂר (śar),
which occurs 421 times in 368 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 8 (Jdg 8:14–1Ki 22:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth and interrogated him; and he wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was aroused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin the fight against the people of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - “He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - “And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - “And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30 - Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth[fn] the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:38 - Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin. (For Beeroth also was part of Benjamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - Then Hadadezer[fn] sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River,[fn] and they came to Helam. And Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand horsemen of the Syrians, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:1 - And David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains orders concerning Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - “in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - “And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19 - Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their captain. However, he did not attain to the first three.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “He has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They are eating and drinking before him; and they say, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - “So the LORD will return his blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword—Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:2 - And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - besides three thousand three hundred[fn] from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 - But of the children of Israel Solomon made no forced laborers, because they were men of war and his servants: his officers, his captains, commanders of his chariots, and his cavalry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:23 - Others were chiefs of the officials who were over Solomon’s work: five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - So when Hadad heard in Egypt that David rested with his fathers, and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:24 - So he gathered men to him and became captain over a band of raiders, when David killed those of Zobah. And they went to Damascus and dwelt there, and reigned in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - Now the people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - So Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘By the young leaders of the provinces.’ ” Then he said, “Who will set the battle in order?” And he answered, “You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he mustered the young leaders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the children of Israel—seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out of Samaria!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - So the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.”

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