<p class="bodytext">The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king&#8217;s work contributed willingly.

<p class="poetry">There is little Benjamin, their ruler,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the princes of Judah in their robes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.p>

When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.<n id="1" /> So he said, &#8220;I have a message for you, O officer.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu asked, &#8220;For which one of us?&#8221;<n id="3" /> He replied, &#8220;For you, O officer.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">David assembled in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.p>

Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials,<n id="1" /> the cupbearer and the baker,

<t /><p class="bodytext">But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

<p class="bodytext">Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

<t /><p class="bodytext">David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds.

<p class="poetry">The officials of Zoan are fools,p> <p class="poetry">the officials of Memphis<n id="1" /> are misled;p> <p class="poetry">the rulers<n id="2" /> of her tribes lead Egypt astray.p>

But you choose<n id="1" /> from the people capable men,<n id="2" /> God-fearing,<n id="3" /> men of truth,<n id="4" /> those who hate bribes,<n id="5" /> and put them over the people<n id="6" /> as rulers<n id="7" /> of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

So I chose<n id="1" /> as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

<p class="bodytext">From the descendants of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives.p>

<p class="bodytext">From the descendants of Hebron: Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives.p>

Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah,

<p class="poetry">the chief men refrained from talkingp> <p class="poetry">and covered their mouths with their hands;p>

<p class="poetry">Yet you will die like mortals;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will fall like all the other rulers.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">giving him authority to imprison his officials<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and to teach his advisers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1513;&#1474;/&#1513;&#1473; (<i>Sin/Shini>)p> <p class="poetry">Rulers pursue me for no reason,p> <p class="poetry">yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I will make youths their officials;p> <p class="poetry">malicious young men<n id="2" /> will rule over them.p>