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)

 31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.




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)

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

Num. 31:14
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

Num. 31:48
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

Num. 31:52
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

Num. 31:54
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.