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2 Samuel 8:16
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Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;
Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah was over the host; and Yehoshafat the son of Achilud was recorder;
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander over the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.
Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;
Joab the son of Zeruiah was [commander] over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder (secretary);
Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah was commander of the army, Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud was chief adviser,
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;
Joab son of Zeruiah was the captain over the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the historian.
And Joab the son of Zoriah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the historian;
Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;
And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the host, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Recorder.
And Joab the son of Saruia was over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud was keeper of the records.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the historian;
Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruy, was ouer the oost; sotheli Josaphat, sone of Achilud, was chaunceler; and Sadoch,
and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the head of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wrote down the important things of the nation.
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;
and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army, - and, Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was remembrancer.
And Joab the son Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah was over the army; and Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;
Joab son of Zeruiah was head of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was clerk;
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Joab: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 18:15-17
Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 4:3
recorder: or, remembrancer, or writer of chronicles
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 2 Samuel 20:7 - General 2 Samuel 24:2 - Joab 1 Kings 1:7 - Joab 2 Kings 18:18 - the recorder 2 Chronicles 34:8 - recorder Isaiah 36:3 - Shebna
Cross-References
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.
On that day Noah and his wife went into the boat with their three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
"You, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law may now leave the boat.
After Noah and his family had gone out of the boat,
The army got ready for battle and crossed the Jordan. They marched quickly past the sacred chest and into the desert near Jericho. Forty thousand soldiers from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh led the way, as Moses had ordered. The priests stayed right where they were until the army had followed the orders that the Lord had given Moses and Joshua. Then the army watched as the priests carried the chest the rest of the way across.
God will command his angels to protect you wherever you go.
The Lord will protect you now and always wherever you go.
When I made a sacred agreement with you, my people, we sealed it with blood. Now some of you are captives in waterless pits, but I will come to your rescue
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host,.... Which was not only owing to his relation to David, being his sister's son, but to his promise that whoever smote the Jebusites first should be chief and captain; that is, should have the command of the army under him; this Joab did; and so was entitled to this office, and was put into it, and continued in it, 1 Chronicles 11:6;
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder; of memorable events, who kept a diary of whatsoever remarkable happened, which were digested into a chronicle, history, or annals; see Esther 6:1; so the Targum, he
"was appointed over the memorials;''
or book of memorials, as Kimchi interprets it; that is, to take care of it, and see that everything worthy of notice was inserted in it; or was "remembrancer" g; one that put the king in mind what was to be done every day, or in certain cases, and so R. Isaiah explains it, the king's counsellor; some take him to be chancellor, as Luther and others h.
g מזכיר "commemorans", Montanus; "commemorator", Syr. Ar. "memorans, sive reducens in memoriam", Vatablus. h Vid. Beckium in Targ. 1 Chron. xviii. 15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the king’s information, and hence, he would naturally be the king’s adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22; 2 Chronicles 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to 1 Samuel 22:9-23, Abiathar, Zadok’s colleague, was the son of Ahimelech. Abiathar the son of Ahimelech continued to be priest through the reign of David. (Compare also 1 Kings 1:7, 1Ki 1:42; 1 Kings 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.
The scribe - Or secretary of state 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 18:37, different from the military scribe (Judges 5:14 note).
2 Samuel 8:18
The Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the marginal reference note.
Chief rulers - The word כהן kôhên, here rendered a “chief ruler,” is the regular word for a priest. In the early days of the monarchy the word כהן kôhên had not quite lost its etymological sense, from the root meaning to minister, or manage affairs, though in later times its technical sense alone survived.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 8:16. Joab - was over the host — General and commander-in-chief over all the army.
Ahilud - recorder — מזכיר mazkir, remembrancer; one who kept a strict journal of all the proceedings of the king and operations of his army; a chronicler. See the margin.
