Bible Verses About Civil Officer

Achima'atz, in Naftali; he also took Basmat the daughter of Shlomo as his wife;

Ba'ana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Alot;

Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar;

Shim'i the son of Ela, in Binyamin; and

Gever the son of Uri, in the land of Gil'ad, the country of Sichon king of the Emori and 'Og king of Bashan. Over all these, there was one administrator in the land.

But Shlomo did not raise any of his forced labor from the people of Isra'el; rather, they were the soldiers, his servants, administrators and commanders, and the officials in charge of his chariots and horsemen.

"And you, 'Ezra, making use of the wisdom you have from your God, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the territory beyond the River, that is, all who know the laws of your God; and you are to teach those who don't know them.