Lexicon :: Strong's H5608 - sāp̄ar

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech[fn] son of Abiathar were priests;

Shavsha was court secretary;

So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.”

The Levites thirty years old or more were counted; the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.

The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family[fn] was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.

David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of understanding and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended[fn] the king’s sons.

so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.

King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep, goats, and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many.

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers, and when they saw that there was a large amount of silver, the king’s secretary and the high priest’s deputy came and emptied the chest, picked it up, and returned it to its place. They did this daily and gathered the silver in abundance.

Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

 ​— ​came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was on him.

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses that the LORD had given Israel.

These served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses the priest Shelemiah, the scribe Zadok, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for the distribution to their colleagues.

The royal scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps, the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”

On the twenty-third day of the third month  ​— ​that is, the month Sivan ​— ​the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai commanded for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;

let the fish of the sea inform you.

For then you would count my steps

but would not take note of my sin.

Listen to me and I will inform you.

I will describe what I have seen,

he considered wisdom and evaluated it;

he established it and examined it.

Does he not see my ways

and number all my steps?

Should he be told that I want to speak?

Can a man speak when he is confused?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Can you count the months they are pregnant[fn]

so you can know the time they give birth?

I will declare the LORD’s decree.

He said to me, “You are my Son;[fn]

today I have become your Father.

I will thank the LORD with all my heart;

I will declare all your wondrous works.

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.

I can count all my bones;

people[fn] look and stare at me.

raising my voice in thanksgiving

and telling about your wondrous works.

LORD my God, you have done many things —

your wondrous works and your plans for us;

none can compare with you.

If I were to report and speak of them,

they are more than can be told.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

My heart is moved by a noble theme

as I recite my verses to the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

But God says to the wicked:

“What right do you have to recite my statutes

and to take my covenant on your lips?