1 Kings 4:17

Contemporary English Version

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of the territory of Issachar.

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;

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:

Berean Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat 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

¹Here is a list of Solomon's highest officials while he was king of Israel: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest; Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were the secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud kept the government records; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the army commander; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the regional officers; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's advisor; Ahishar was the prime minister; Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. ⁷ Solomon chose twelve regional officers, who took turns bringing food for him and his household. Each officer provided food from his region for one month of the year. ⁸ These were the twelve officers: The son of Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim. ⁹ The son of Deker was in charge of the towns of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan. ¹⁰ The son of Hesed was in charge of the towns of Arubboth and Socoh, and the region of Hepher. ¹¹ The son of Abinadab was in charge of Naphath-Dor and was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath. ¹² Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of the towns of Taanach and Megiddo. He was also in charge of the whole region of Beth-Shan near the town of Zarethan, south of Jezreel from Beth-Shan to Abel-Meholah to the other side of Jokmeam. ¹³ The son of Geber was in charge of the town of Ramoth in Gilead and the villages in Gilead belonging to the family of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh. He was also in charge of the region of Argob in Bashan, which had sixty walled towns with bronze bars on their gates. ¹⁴ Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of the territory of Mahanaim. ¹⁵ Ahimaaz was in charge of the territory of Naphtali and was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Issachar: Joshua 19:17-23

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,

Genesis 4:11
And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.

Genesis 5:18
When Jared was one hundred sixty-two, he had a son named Enoch.

Genesis 5:22
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,

2 Samuel 18:18
When Absalom was alive, he had set up a stone monument for himself in King's Valley. He explained, "I don't have any sons to keep my name alive." He called it Absalom's Monument, and that is the name it still has today.

Psalms 49:11
The grave will be their home forever and ever, although they once had land of their own.

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.