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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

1 Kings 4:17

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Commissary;   Jehoshaphat;   King;   Officer;   Paruah;   Purveyor;   Rulers;   Solomon;   Tax;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Issachar, the Tribe of;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Paruah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Paruah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Book(s);   Economic Life;   Jehoshaphat;   King, Kingship;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Paruah;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Israel;   Jehoshaphat;   Paruah;   Solomon;   Tribute, Toll, Taxing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat ;   Paruah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Paruah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jehosh'aphat;   Par'uah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoshaphat (1);   Paruah;   Tabor, Mount;   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pottery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshafat the son of Paru'ach, in Yissakhar;
King James Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
English Standard Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
New Century Version
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was governor of Issachar.
New English Translation
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of Issachar.
Amplified Bible
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in [the tribe of] Issachar;
New American Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iehoshaphat the sonne of Paruah in Issachar.
Legacy Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Contemporary English Version
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of the territory of Issachar.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshafat the son of Paruach, in Yissakhar;
Darby Translation
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was governor of Issachar.
George Lamsa Translation
Jehoshaphat the son of Paroh, in Issachar;
Good News Translation
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah: the territory of Issachar
Lexham English Bible
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah was in Issachar.
Literal Translation
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah was in Issachar;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iosaphat the sonne of Paruha in Isachar.
American Standard Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Bible in Basic English
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iehosaphat the sonne of Paruah was in Isachar.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
King James Version (1611)
Iehoshaphat the sonne of Paruah in Issachar:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Josaphat son of Phuasud was in Issachar.
English Revised Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Josephat, sone of Pharue, was in Ysachar; Semey, sone of Hela, was in Beniamyn;
Young's Literal Translation
Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar.
Update Bible Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Webster's Bible Translation
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
World English Bible
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
New King James Version
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
New Living Translation
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar.
New Life Bible
And there was Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar,
New Revised Standard
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Josaphat, the son of Pharue, in Issachar.
Revised Standard Version
Jehosh'aphat the son of Paru'ah, in Is'sachar;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Contextual Overview

1So King Solomon ruled over Israel, 2and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; 3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder; 4Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king; 6Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the labor force. 7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, 8and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; 9Ben-deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; 10Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Issachar: Joshua 19:17-23

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
"Come," they said, "let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King's Valley, for he had said, "I have no son to preserve the memory of my name." So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument.
Psalms 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes-their dwellings for endless generations-even though their lands were their namesakes.
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, "Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah in Issachar. In the tribe of Issachar; he had the whole tribe at his command to make a monthly provision out of for the king once a year, as had the preceding officer and the following one.


 
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