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)

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)

 11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.




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 Kgs. 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 8:21
So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

2 Kgs. 9:5
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

2 Kgs. 10:25
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

2 Kgs. 11:4
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king's son.

2 Kgs. 11:9
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kgs. 11:10
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 11:15
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 11:19
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

2 Kgs. 25:23
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

2 Kgs. 25:26
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.