1 Chronicles 18:15 BSB

1 Chronicles 18:15

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Joab - was over the host - General-in-chief. Jehoshaphat - recorder - The king’s remembrancer, or historiographer royal.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיוֹאָ֥ב	ve.yo.'Av	and Joab	H3097 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
צְרוּיָ֖ה	tze.ru.Yah	Zeruiah	H6870 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] over	H5921 →
הַצָּבָ֑א	ha.tza.Va'	the army	H6635 →
וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט	vi.ho.sha.Fat	and Jehoshaphat	H3092 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֲחִיל֖וּד	'a.chi.Lud	Ahilud	H286 →
מַזְכִּֽיר׃	maz.Kir	[was the] recorder	H2142 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 11:6
Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:16
  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 20:23
  Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
Through
2 Samuel 8:16
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
leads to
- 1 Kings 4:3
  Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- 1 Chronicles 11:6
  Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Through
1 Kings 4:3
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 18:6
  Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- Isaiah 62:6
  On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
- 2 Samuel 20:24–25
  Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Chronicles