He appointed military officers over the army ¹  and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, ²  saying,

But ¹  a suitable day ²  came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

So the next day Agrippa ¹  and Bernice came with great pomp ²  and entered the audience hall, ³  along with the senior military officers ⁴  and the prominent men of the city. When Festus ⁵  gave the order, ⁶  Paul was brought in.

At that time, ¹  I will destroy the military power ²  of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs ¹  outside the city, and they supported him.

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. ¹  In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. ¹  In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

in the third ¹  year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army ²  of Persia and Media ³  was present, ⁴  as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, ¹ 

David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred. ¹ 

“How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?” ¹ 

The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹ 

When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out. ¹ 

After this Manasseh ¹  built up the outer wall of the City of David ²  on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

These were the ones chosen ¹  from the community, leaders ²  of their ancestral tribes. ³  They were the heads of the thousands ⁴  of Israel.

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.

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

¹ These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority ²  of Moses and Aaron.

So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders.