2 Samuel 8:16

Christian Standard Bible ®

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah was over the host; and Yehoshafat the son of Achilud was recorder;

King James Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Lexham English Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.

English Standard Version
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

New Century Version
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander over the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.

New English Translation
Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

Amplified Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was [commander] over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder (secretary);

New American Standard Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Contemporary English Version
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the commander in chief of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud kept the government records.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah was commander of the army, Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud was chief adviser,

Darby Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;

Easy-to-Read Version
Joab son of Zeruiah was the captain over the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the historian.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joab the son of Zoriah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Good News Translation
Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;

Literal Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the historian;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ioab ye sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler.

American Standard Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Bible in Basic English
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

King James Version (1611)
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the host, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Recorder.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab the son of Saruia was over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud was keeper of the records.

English Revised Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

Berean Standard Bible
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the historian;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruy, was ouer the oost; sotheli Josaphat, sone of Achilud, was chaunceler; and Sadoch,

Young's Literal Translation
and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,

Update Bible Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;

World English Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

New King James Version
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

New Living Translation
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.

New Life Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the head of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wrote down the important things of the nation.

New Revised Standard
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army, - and, Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was remembrancer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joab the son Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

Revised Standard Version
And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah was over the army; and Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;

THE MESSAGE
Joab son of Zeruiah was head of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was clerk;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people. ¹⁶Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;¹⁷Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; ¹⁸Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

Genesis 7:13
On that same day Noah and his three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, entered the ark, along with Noah’s wife and his three sons’ wives.

Genesis 8:16
“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 8:18
So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, came out.

Joshua 3:17
The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

Joshua 4:10
The priests carrying the ark continued standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in keeping with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried across,

Psalms 91:11
For he will give his angels orders concerning you,to protect you in all your ways.

Psalms 121:8
The Lord will protect your coming and goingboth now and forever.

Zechariah 9:11
As for you,because of the blood of your covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless cistern.

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.