Nave’s Topical Bible
Officer
6 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- CIVIL
- Chosen by the people
- Appointed by kings
2 Samuel 8:16-18; 2 Samuel 20:23-26; 1 Kings 4:1-19; 1 Kings 9:22; Ezra 7:25
See GOVERNMENT
See JUDGE
See RULER
- RELIGIOUS
Bible verses about “Officer”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Deuteronomy 1:13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
- Deuteronomy 1:14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
- 2 Samuel 8:16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 8:17And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
- 2 Samuel 8:18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
- 2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- 2 Samuel 20:24And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
- 2 Samuel 20:25And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
- 2 Samuel 20:26And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- 1 Kings 4:1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- 1 Kings 4:2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
- 1 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
- 1 Kings 4:4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
- 1 Kings 4:5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
- 1 Kings 4:6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
- 1 Kings 4:7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
- 1 Kings 4:8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
- 1 Kings 4:9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan:
- 1 Kings 4:10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
- 1 Kings 4:11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
- 1 Kings 4:12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Kings 4:13The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
- 1 Kings 4:14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
- 1 Kings 4:15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
- 1 Kings 4:16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
- 1 Kings 4:17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
- 1 Kings 4:18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
- 1 Kings 4:19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
- 1 Kings 9:22But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
- Ezra 7:25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.