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  1. Eli′sha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence; but before the messenger arrived Eli′sha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
  2. Massacre of Ahab’s Descendants

    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samar′ia. So Jehu wrote letters, and sent them to Samar′ia, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,
  3. So he who was over the palace, and he who was over the city, together with the elders and the guardians, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and we will do all that you bid us. We will not make any one king; do whatever is good in your eyes.”
  4. Josiah’s Reformation

    Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
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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)