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  1. And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
  2. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
  3. And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
  4. And the advice pleased Ab′salom and all the elders of Israel.
  5. Hushai Warns David to Escape

    Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abi′athar the priests, “Thus and so did Ahith′ophel counsel Ab′salom and the elders of Israel; and thus and so have I counseled.
  6. And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abi′athar the priests, “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?
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25 topical index results for “elders”

JEPHTHAH : Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead (Judges 11:5)
LYSTRA : Congregation of, elders ordained for, by Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:23)
MEDAD : One of the seventy elders who did not go to the tabernacle with Moses, but prophesied in the camp (Numbers 11:26-29)
MILETUS : And sends to Ephesus for the elders of the congregation, and addresses them at (Acts 20:17-38)
OATH : The elders of Gilead confirm their pledge to Jephthah by (Judges 11:10)
PAUL : Escapes to Derbe, where he preaches the gospel, and returns to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthens the souls of the disciples, exhorts them to continue in the faith, and helps to appoint elders (Acts 14:19-23)
PAUL : Refers the question of circumcision to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem (Acts 15:2,4)
PAUL : Sends for the elders of the congregation of Ephesus; relates to them how he had preached in Asia and his temptations and afflictions, urging repentance toward God (Acts 20:17-21)
PETER : Advocates the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles in the hearing of the apostles and elders (Acts 11:1-18;15:7-11)
ELDER » (Equivalent to the title senator, in present use) » Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency (Deuteronomy 1:13,15)
FALSEHOOD » INSTANCES OF » The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity (Joshua 9)
FASTING » INSTANCES OF » Of the consecration of the elders (Acts 14:23)
HOLY SPIRIT » INSPIRATION OF » The seventy elders (Numbers 11:17)
MAGNANIMITY » INSTANCES OF » Joshua and the elders of Israel to the Gibeonites who had deceived the Israelites (Joshua 9:3-27)
OPINION, PUBLIC » CONCESSIONS TO » James and the Christian elders, who required Paul to observe certain rites (Acts 21:18-26)
RULERS » WICKED » The chief priests, elders, and the Sanhedrin, seeking false witness against Jesus (Matthew 26:59)
SEVEN » DAYS » The elders of Jabesh-gilead ask for a truce of (1 Samuel 11:3)
SHECHEM » Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephr » Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord (Joshua 24:1-28)
VISION » Of John on the island of Patmos » The twenty-four elders (Revelation 4:4)