Officer

How Nave’s arranged it

• CIVIL
• Chosen by the peopleDeuteronomy 1:13–16
• Appointed by kings2 Samuel 8:16–182 Samuel 20:23–261 Kings 4:1–191 Kings 9:22Ezra 7:25
• See Government
• See Judge
• See Ruler
• RELIGIOUS
• See Priest
• See Levite
• See Apostle
• See Elder
• See Deacon

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 1:13–16

   Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:13–162 voices

   “Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes,.... Not only whose persons were well known, but their characters and qualifications, for their probity and integrity, for their wisdom and prudence in the management of affairs, for their skill and knowledge in things divine and human, civil and religious, and for their capacity in judging and determining matters in difference; see Exo 18:21. and I will make them rulers over you; the people were allowed to choose their own officers, whom they were to bring to Moses, and present before him, to be invested with their office.

   “Take you wise men - חכמים chachamim, such as had gained knowledge by great labor and study. Understanding נבנים nebonim, persons of discernment, judicious men. Known, ידעים yeduim, persons practiced in the operations of nature, capable of performing curious and important works.

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2. 2 Samuel 8:16–18

   Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 8:16–182 voices

   “Joab . . . was over the host--by virtue of a special promise (2Sa 5:8). recorder--historiographer or daily annalist, an office of great trust and importance in Eastern countries.

   “And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host,....

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3. 2 Samuel 20:23–26

   Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:23–262 voices

   “Now Joab was over all the host of Israel--David, whatever his private wishes, found that he possessed not the power of removing Joab; so winking at the murder of Amasa, he re-established that officer in his former post of commander-in-chief. The enumeration of David's cabinet is here given to show that the government was re-established in its wonted course.

   “Now Joab ... - This is by no means an unmeaning repetition. Joab had been dismissed to make room for Amasa, and was now, as the result of his successful expedition against Sheba, and the death of Amasa, reinstated in his command. Moreover, this was a fresh beginning of David’s reign, and therefore a statement of his chief officers is as proper as in 2Sa 8:16, when he had just established himself on the throne of Israel. Compare 1Ki 4:2-6.

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4. 1 Kings 4:1–19

   So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1–192 voices

   “Solomon, that is, was king over “all Israel” from the first; not like David, who for seven and a half years reigned over Judah only. This feature well introduces the glory of Solomon and the organisation of the court, of which the historian in this chapter intends to give us a general sketch. Solomon constitutes certain “princes” or officers of the first rank, deriving their station from him, and probably holding it during pleasure.

   “So King Solomon was king over all Israel--This chapter contains a general description of the state and glory of the Hebrew kingdom during the more flourishing or later years of his reign.

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5. 1 Kings 9:22

   But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 9:222 voices

   “But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen,....

   “Comparing this with 1Ki 5:13-14, it would seem that a modified service of forced labor for one-third of each year was not regarded as reducing those who were subject to it to the condition of bondmen.

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6. Ezra 7:25

   And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

   ›Commentary on Ezra 7:252 voices

   “But you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, etc. The king repeats the word he had spoken and confirms the truth he had recognized with a repeated statement. For previously, he had said that the law of that very God was in the …

   “And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand,....

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