Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'captain' occurs 150 times in the standard works.

48 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'captain' in the standard works and contain 32% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 23 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Chr. 27:7-15 (9 in 9 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Acts 22:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 43:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 39:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:31-33 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 23:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 40:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Josh. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

 5:15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.




Jer. 40:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 116 113 229
Gen. 9 0 9
Ex. 0 2 2
Num. 13 7 20
Deut. 0 6 6
Josh. 2 1 3
Judg. 4 0 4
1 Sam. 10 4 14
2 Sam. 9 7 16
1 Kgs. 8 8 16
2 Kgs. 20 12 32
1 Chr. 15 21 36
2 Chr. 2 21 23
Neh. 1 1 2
Job 0 1 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 19 13 32
Ezek. 0 4 4
Dan. 2 4 6
Nahum 0 1 1
NT 23 6 29
BM 11 27 38
DC 0 5 5
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 150 151 301

Josh. 5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Josh. 5:15
And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Josh. 10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.