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51 articles found for “captain of hundreds”

• Captain of Fifty

  [Bible]

  A captain of fifty is an Old Testament title for a person who governed or commanded a unit of fifty people. The title appears in passages such as Exodus 18 and 2 Kings 1.

• Captain of Thousands

  [Bible]

  A captain of thousands is the biblical term for a leader who governed or commanded a unit of one thousand. In the Old Testament it denotes a judicial and military office within Israel; in the New Testament it refers chiefly to a commander in the Roman army.

• Centurion

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  A centurion was a Roman army officer who commanded a unit of roughly one hundred soldiers. The New Testament mentions several centurions, including the centurion of Capernaum, whose faith Jesus commended; the centurion at the cross; and Cornelius.

• Ruler of Tens

  [Bible]

  A ruler of tens was a leader placed over a unit of ten Israelites who governed them and judged minor disputes. The office appears in Exodus 18 and Deuteronomy 1.

• 2 Chronicles 23

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  2 Chronicles 23 tells how the priest Jehoiada gathered the captains of hundreds and the Levites, made the hidden prince Joash king in the temple, and put to death Athaliah, who had seized the throne. He then renewed the covenant, and the people abolished the worship of Baal.

• Sisera

  [People]

  Sisera was the commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king who oppressed Israel during the period of the judges. In Judges 4–5 he is defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak, and while fleeing he is killed by Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite.

• 1 Chronicles 28

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  1 Chronicles 28 is the chapter in which David assembles the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, announces that Solomon will build the temple, and gives Solomon the plans for the temple along with a solemn charge.

• Josheb-basshebeth

  [People]

  Josheb-basshebeth was a Tahchemonite counted first among David's mighty men, the chief of the captains, who is recorded as having slain eight hundred men at one time (2 Samuel 23:8). He is generally identified with Jashobeam in 1 Chronicles 11:11.

• Captain of the Guard

  [Bible]

  "Captain of the guard" is a biblical term for the head of a unit responsible for guarding an ancient king, carrying out executions, and similar duties. Nebuzaradan of Babylon and Potiphar of Egypt held related titles.

• Irijah

  [People]

  Irijah was the captain of the ward at the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He seized the prophet Jeremiah as he was leaving the city, accusing him of deserting to the Chaldeans, and handed him over to the officials (Jeremiah 37).

• Nebuzaradan

  [People]

  Nebuzaradan was the captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. At the fall of Judah he burned the temple and the city of Jerusalem and carried the people into captivity. He also released Jeremiah.

• Arioch

  [People]

  Arioch appears in Daniel 2 as the captain of the guard (the chief of the officials responsible for the king's protection and for carrying out executions) under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. During the episode of the king's dream, he brought Daniel before the king.

• The Fall of Jericho

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  The fall of Jericho is the biblical event in which Israel, led by Joshua, marched around Jericho, the first city it encountered after entering Canaan, for seven days and then shouted, whereupon the city's walls collapsed. The account is found in Joshua 6.

• Claudius Lysias

  [People]

  Claudius Lysias was a Roman military tribune (the "chief captain" of the KJV) who appears in the Book of Acts. He seized Paul while a mob was beating him at the Temple in Jerusalem, placed him under protective custody, and sent him under escort to the governor Felix.

• Gehazi

  [People]

  Gehazi is the servant of the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings. He is known for lying to obtain the gifts that Naaman, the captain of the Syrian army, had intended for Elisha, and for being struck with leprosy as a result.

• Ahuzzath

  [People]

  Ahuzzath was a "friend" of Abimelech, king of Gerar. According to Genesis 26:26, he accompanied Abimelech, together with Phichol, the chief captain of his army, when the king visited Isaac and was present when the covenant between them was made.

• Phichol

  [People]

  Phichol was the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, king of Gerar, in the Book of Genesis. He was present with Abimelech at Beersheba when covenants were made with Abraham and with Isaac.

• Potiphar's Wife

  [People]

  Potiphar's wife is an Egyptian woman in Genesis 39 who tried to seduce Joseph, her husband's servant, and, when he refused her, falsely accused him and had him sent to prison. The Bible does not give her name.

• Omri

  [People]

  Omri was the sixth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. A former army commander, he rose to the throne, founded Samaria as his capital, and established the dynasty that continued through Ahab.

• Tibni

  [People]

  Tibni was a man whom half the people of the northern kingdom of Israel followed to make him king after the death of King Zimri, and who contended with Omri for the throne. He was the son of Ginath and appears only in 1 Kings 16.