Topic
CAPTAIN
Commander-in-chief of an army DEU 20:9; JDG 4:2; 1SA 14:50; 1KI 2:35; 16:16; 1CH 27:34
Passages on this topic · 34
- Genesis 37:36
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
- Numbers 31:48
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
- Deuteronomy 20:9
It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
- Joshua 5:14
He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
- Judges 4:2
Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- 1 Samuel 9:16
“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
- 1 Samuel 14:50
The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
- 1 Samuel 17:18
and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
- 1 Samuel 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.
- 1 Samuel 22:2
Everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them. There were with him about four hundred men.
- 2 Samuel 17:25
Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
- 2 Samuel 18:1
David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
- 1 Kings 2:35
The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
- 1 Kings 16:16
The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
- 2 Kings 1:9
Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”
- 2 Kings 11:15
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Bring her out between the ranks. Kill anyone who follows her with the sword.” For the priest said, “Don’t let her be slain in Yahweh’s house.”
- 2 Kings 20:5
“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.
- 2 Kings 25:8
Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 11:12
After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:21
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain; however he wasn’t included in the three.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34
Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34
After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. Joab was the captain of the king’s army.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, the captains of the companies who served the king by division, the captains of thousands, the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
- 2 Chronicles 17:14
This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
- 2 Chronicles 17:15
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 17:16
and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 17:17
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
- 2 Chronicles 17:18
and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.
- 2 Chronicles 17:19
These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
- Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
- Jeremiah 37:13
When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
- John 18:12
So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
- Hebrews 2:10
For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).