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English Standard Version

1 Kings 4:17

Jehoshaphat the 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:
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:
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

1 King Solomon was king over all Israel, 2 and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend; 6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. 7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year. 8 These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Issachar: Joshua 19:17-23

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 5:18
When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
Psalms 49:11
Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
Daniel 4:30
and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty 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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