1 Chronicles 18:15

Easy-to-Read Version

Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of David's army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud wrote about the things David did.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;

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, recorder.

English Standard Version
And 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 commanding general of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

Amplified Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was in command of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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

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

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

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, 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;

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;

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

Good News Translation
Abishai's brother Joab was commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;

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

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ioab the 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, 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 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 hoste, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, Recorder.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab the son of Saruia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud was recorder.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, was `on the oost; and Josaphat, the sone of Ayluth, was chaunceler;

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, 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 captain of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wrote down the 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 Elihud, was recorder;

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

⁹ Tou was king of the city of Hamath. Hadadezer was the king of Zobah. Tou heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army. ¹⁰ So Tou sent his son Hadoram to King David to ask for peace and to bless him. He did this because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. Hadadezer had been at war with Tou before. Hadoram gave David all kinds of things made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹¹ King David made these things holy and gave them to the Lord . David did the same thing with all the silver and gold he had gotten from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalekites. ¹² Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. ¹³ Abishai also put fortresses in Edom and all the Edomites became David's servants. The Lord gave David victory everywhere he went. ¹⁴ David was king over all Israel. He did what was right and fair for everyone. ¹⁵ Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of David's army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud wrote about the things David did. ¹⁶ Zadok and Abimelech were the priests. Zadok was Ahitub's son, and Abimelech was Abiathar's son. Shavsha was the scribe. ¹⁷ Benaiah was responsible for leading the Kerethites and Pelethites. Benaiah was Jehoiada's son. And David's sons were important officials. They served at King David's side.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joab: 1 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Samuel 8:16

Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 4:3

recorder: or, remembrancer

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:23 - Now Joab 2 Chronicles 34:8 - recorder

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 12:13
So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will be good to me because of you. In this way you will save my life."

Genesis 18:25
Surely you would not destroy the city. You would not destroy fifty good people to kill those who are evil. If that happened, those who are good would be the same as those who are evil—both would be punished. As the judge of the whole world, surely you would do the right thing!"

Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham said, "Compared to you, Lord, I am only dust and ashes. But let me bother you again and ask you this question.

Job 2:10
Job answered, "You sound like one of those fools on the street corner! How can we accept all the good things that God gives us and not accept the problems?" So even after all that happened to Job, he did not sin. He did not accuse God of doing anything wrong.

Psalms 44:21
If we did, then God knows it, because he knows our deepest secrets.

Proverbs 12:19
Lies last only a moment, but the truth lasts forever.

Proverbs 28:13
Whoever hides their sins will not be successful, but whoever confesses their sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.

Mark 2:8
Jesus knew immediately what these teachers of the law were thinking. So he said to them, "Why do you have these questions in your minds?

John 2:25
He did not need anyone to tell him what a person was like. He already knew.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 18:15. Joab - was over the host — General-in-chief.

Jehoshaphat - recorder. — The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.