Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captain' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captain' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 22:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 39:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 116 113 229
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 0 2 2
Num. 13 7 20
Deut. 0 6 6
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 10 4 14
2 Sam. 9 7 16
1 Kgs. 8 8 16
2 Kgs. 20 12 32
1 Chr. 15 21 36
2 Chr. 2 21 23
Neh. 1 1 2
Job 0 1 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 19 13 32
Ezek. 0 4 4
Dan. 2 4 6
Nahum 0 1 1
NT 23 6 29
BM 11 27 38
DC 0 5 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 150 151 301

1 Chr. 4:42
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

1 Chr. 11:6
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

1 Chr. 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

1 Chr. 11:15
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

1 Chr. 11:21
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

1 Chr. 11:42
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

1 Chr. 12:14
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

1 Chr. 12:18
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

1 Chr. 12:20
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

1 Chr. 12:21
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

1 Chr. 12:28
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

1 Chr. 12:34
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

1 Chr. 13:1
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

1 Chr. 15:25
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

1 Chr. 19:16
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

1 Chr. 19:18
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

1 Chr. 25:1
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

1 Chr. 26:26
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

1 Chr. 27:1
Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:3
Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

1 Chr. 27:5
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:7
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:8
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:9
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:10
The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:11
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:12
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:13
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:14
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:15
The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 28:1
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 29:6
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,