2 Samuel 18:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David counted the people who were with him, and appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

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  • Exod 17:9 : 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
  • Josh 8:10 : 10 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and numbered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
  • 1 Sam 8:12 : 12 And he will appoint captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.

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  • 1 Chr 13:1
    84%

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

  • 2 Sam 18:2
    83%

    2 And David sent a third of the people under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go out with you myself also.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
    79%

    1 And David assembled all the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, the captains of the divisions that served the king by turns, the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, and all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 21:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan; and bring the count to me, that I may know it.

    3 And Joab answered, May the LORD make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he bring guilt upon Israel?

  • 2 Sam 6:1
    76%

    1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  • 2 Sam 24:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

    2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.

    3 And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

    4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to count the people of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    76%

    5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 1 Sam 18:13
    75%

    13 Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    75%

    23 Now these are the numbers of the divisions that were ready for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 24:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

    10 And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beg You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    74%

    8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 1 Chr 12:31
    74%

    31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were recognized by name to come and make David king.

  • 1 Sam 15:4
    73%

    4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • Num 1:3
    73%

    3 From twenty years old and above, all who are able to go to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

  • 2 Chr 2:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, according to the census in which David his father had numbered them; and they were found to be one hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

    18 And he appointed seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to direct the people in their work.

  • 2 Chr 25:5
    73%

    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, who could handle spear and shield.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    72%

    17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

  • 1 Sam 8:12
    72%

    12 And he will appoint captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war, and equipment for his chariots.

  • 1 Chr 18:4
    72%

    4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved a hundred chariots of them.

  • 2 Chr 17:18
    72%

    18 And beside him was Jehozabad, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.

  • 1 Chr 27:1
    72%

    1 Now the children of Israel, according to their number, were the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; each division had twenty-four thousand.

  • Deut 1:15
    72%

    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

  • Deut 20:9
    72%

    9 And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    72%

    7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    72%

    1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:

  • 1 Sam 22:2
    72%

    2 And everyone that was in distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was discontented, gathered to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

  • 2 Chr 17:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 And these are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand.

    15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.

  • Judg 20:2
    72%

    2 And the leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

  • 2 Sam 15:18
    72%

    18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • Exod 18:21
    72%

    21 Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    72%

    8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

  • 1 Chr 26:32
    72%

    32 And his brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred chief fathers, whom King David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and affairs of the king.

  • 1 Kgs 20:15
    71%

    15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    71%

    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Sam 29:2
    71%

    2 And the lords of the Philistines passed by hundreds and thousands, but David and his men passed in the rear with Achish.

  • 1 Sam 25:13
    71%

    13 And David said to his men, Each of you gird on his sword. And each one girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
    71%

    1 In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Be assured, you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    71%

    5 And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

  • 1 Chr 12:38
    71%

    38 All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

  • 2 Sam 8:13
    71%

    13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Sam 18:4
    71%

    4 And the king said to them, What seems best to you I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

  • 1 Chr 27:24
    71%

    24 Joab the son of Zeruiah started to count, but he did not finish, because wrath fell for it against Israel; neither was the number entered in the account of the chronicles of king David.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    71%

    17 And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is I who have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should be afflicted.