Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
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- KJV And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
- BSB Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
- NKJV Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king’s friend;
- NASB and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s confidant;
- NLT Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king.
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- 1 Chr 27:33Ahithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
- 2 Sam 15:37So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
- 2 Sam 16:16When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- John 15:14–15You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- 2 Sam 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
- 2 Sam 12:1–15Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 2 Sam 8:18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, David’s sons were chief ministers.
- Jas 2:23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.
- 2 Sam 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
- 2 Sam 20:26and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
- Prov 22:11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
- 1 Kgs 4:7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- John 13:23One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ breast.
- 2 Sam 19:37–38Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.”
- 1 Kgs 1:10–53but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
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