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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 4:17

Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] 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:
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;
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;
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 And king Solomon is king over all Israel, 2 and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer; 4 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests; 5 and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king; 6 And Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute. 7 And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household -- a month in the year is on each one for sustenance; 8 and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan. 10 Ben-Hesed [is] in Aruboth, hath Sochoh 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, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,
Genesis 4:11
and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;
Genesis 5:18
And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.'
2 Samuel 18:18
And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the king's valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom' unto this day.
Psalms 49:11
Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Daniel 4:30
the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

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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