Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captains' occurs 151 times in the standard works.

59 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captains' in the standard works and contain 39.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 20 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 2:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Deut. 1:15 (4 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 12:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Chr. 28:1 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 136:3 (3 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:52-54 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)


2 Chr. 18:30-32 (3 in 3 verses)

 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.

 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.




3 Ne. 3:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 31:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 31:48 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 8:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 22:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 18:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Sam. 24:4 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 10:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 26:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 43:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 3:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 113 0 113
Ex. 2 0 2
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 6 0 6
Josh. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 4 0 4
2 Sam. 7 0 7
1 Kgs. 8 0 8
2 Kgs. 12 0 12
1 Chr. 21 0 21
2 Chr. 21 0 21
Neh. 1 0 1
Job 1 0 1
Jer. 13 0 13
Ezek. 4 0 4
Dan. 4 0 4
Nahum 1 0 1
NT 6 0 6
BM 27 0 27
DC 5 0 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 151 0 151

2 Chr. 1:2
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

2 Chr. 8:9
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

2 Chr. 11:11
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.

2 Chr. 16:4
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chr. 17:14
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

2 Chr. 18:30
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.

2 Chr. 18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

2 Chr. 18:32
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

2 Chr. 21:9
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.

2 Chr. 23:1
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

2 Chr. 23:9
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

2 Chr. 23:14
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

2 Chr. 23:20
And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

2 Chr. 25:5
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chr. 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

2 Chr. 32:6
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

2 Chr. 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

2 Chr. 33:11
Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Chr. 33:14
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.