25 And Moses proceeded to choose capable men out of all Israel and to give them positions as heads over the people,+ as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties and chiefs of tens.

16 Consequently the older men of the assembly said: “What shall we do to the men that are left over as to wives, for womankind has been annihilated out of Benjamin?”

3 When the people came to the camp the older men* of Israel began to say: “Why did Jehovah defeat us today before the Phi·lisʹtines?+ Let us take to ourselves from Shiʹloh the ark of Jehovah’s covenant,+ that it may come into our midst and may save us from the palm of our enemies.”

3 So all the older men*+ of Israel came to the king at Heʹbron, and King David concluded a covenant+ with them in Heʹbron before Jehovah; after which they anointed+ David as king over Israel.*+

7 At that the king of Israel called all the older men of the land+ and said: “Take note, please, and see that it is calamity that this one is seeking;+ for he sent to me for my wives and my sons and my silver and my gold, and I did not hold them back from him.”