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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 8:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 2Sa 8:16 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] was over the host [06635]; and Jehoshaphat [03092] the son [01121] of Ahilud [0286] was recorder [02142]; |
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King James |
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Joab . . . was over the host--by virtue of a special promise (Sa2 5:8).
recorder--historiographer or daily annalist, an office of great trust and importance in Eastern countries. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For a similar account of the officers of Solomon's kingdom, see Kg1 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 Est 6:1-2; Isa 36:22; Ch2 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to Sa1 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 Kg1 1:7, Kg1 1:42; Kg1 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.
The scribe - Or secretary of state Kg2 12:10; Kg2 18:37, different from the military scribe (Jdg 5:14 note).
Sa2 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. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The chief ministers were the following: - Joab (see at Sa2 2:18) was "over the army," i.e., commander-in-chief. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, of whom nothing further is known, was mazcir, chancellor; not merely the national annalist, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate (ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπομνημάτην, ὑπομνηματόγραφος; a commentariis), i.e., the recorder of the most important incidents and affairs of the nation, but an officer resembling the magister memoriae of the later Romans, or the waka nuvis of the Persian court, who keeps a record of everything that takes place around the king, furnishes him with an account of all that occurs in the kingdom, places his vis upon all the king's commands, and keeps a special protocol of all these things (vid., Chardin, Voyages v. p. 258, and Paulsen, Regierung der Morgenlnder, pp. 279-80). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Recorder - The treasurer, who examined all the accounts, and kept records of them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. Or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles. |
8 And David [01732] said [0559] on that day [03117], Whosoever getteth up [05060] to the gutter [06794], and smiteth [05221] the Jebusites [02983], and the lame [06455] and the blind [05787], that are hated [08130] of David's [01732] soul [05315], he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said [0559], The blind [05787] and the lame [06455] shall not come [0935] into the house [01004].
18 And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] was over both the Cherethites [03774] and the Pelethites [06432]; and David's [01732] sons [01121] were chief rulers [03548].
14 Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].
37 Then came [0935] Eliakim [0471] the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and Joah [03098] the son [01121] of Asaph [0623] the recorder [02142], to Hezekiah [02396] with their clothes [0899] rent [07167], and told [05046] him the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262].
10 And it was so, when they saw [07200] that there was much [07227] money [03701] in the chest [0727], that the king's [04428] scribe [05608] and the high [01419] priest [03548] came up [05927], and they put up in bags [06696], and told [04487] the money [03701] that was found [04672] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
22 And king [04428] Solomon [08010] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto his mother [0517], And why dost thou ask [07592] Abishag [049] the Shunammite [07767] for Adonijah [0138]? ask [07592] for him the kingdom [04410] also; for he is mine elder [01419] brother [0251]; even for him, and for Abiathar [054] the priest [03548], and for Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870].
23 Then king [04428] Solomon [08010] sware [07650] by the LORD [03068], saying [0559], God [0430] do [06213] so to me, and more also [03254], if Adonijah [0138] have not spoken [01696] this word [01697] against his own life [05315].
24 Now therefore, as the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], which hath established [03559] me, and set [03427] me on the throne [03678] of David [01732] my father [01], and who hath made [06213] me an house [01004], as he promised [01696], Adonijah [0138] shall be put to death [04191] this day [03117].
25 And king [04428] Solomon [08010] sent [07971] by the hand [03027] of Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]; and he fell [06293] upon him that he died [04191].
26 And unto Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] said [0559] the king [04428], Get [03212] thee to Anathoth [06068], unto thine own fields [07704]; for thou art worthy [0376] of death [04194]: but I will not at this time [03117] put thee to death [04191], because thou barest [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] before [06440] David [01732] my father [01], and because thou hast been afflicted [06031] in all wherein my father [01] was afflicted [06031].
27 So Solomon [08010] thrust out [01644] Abiathar [054] from being priest [03548] unto the LORD [03068]; that he might fulfil [04390] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] concerning the house [01004] of Eli [05941] in Shiloh [07887].
42 And while he yet spake [01696], behold, Jonathan [03129] the son [01121] of Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] came [0935]: and Adonijah [0138] said [0559] unto him, Come in [0935]; for thou art a valiant [02428] man [0376] [0381], and bringest [01319] good [02896] tidings [01319].
7 And he conferred [01697] with Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], and with Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]: and they following [0310] Adonijah [0138] helped [05826] him.
9 Then answered [06030] Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130], which was set [05324] over the servants [05650] of Saul [07586], and said [0559], I saw [07200] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448] coming [0935] to Nob [05011], to Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285].
10 And he enquired [07592] of the LORD [03068] for him, and gave [05414] him victuals [06720], and gave [05414] him the sword [02719] of Goliath [01555] the Philistine [06430].
11 Then the king [04428] sent [07971] to call [07121] Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and all his father's [01] house [01004], the priests [03548] that were in Nob [05011]: and they came [0935] all of them to the king [04428].
12 And Saul [07586] said [0559], Hear [08085] now, thou son [01121] of Ahitub [0285]. And he answered [0559], Here I am, my lord [0113].
13 And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto him, Why have ye conspired [07194] against me, thou and the son [01121] of Jesse [03448], in that thou hast given [05414] him bread [03899], and a sword [02719], and hast enquired [07592] of God [0430] for him, that he should rise [06965] against me, to lie in wait [0693], as at this day [03117]?
14 Then Ahimelech [0288] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], And who is so faithful [0539] among all thy servants [05650] as David [01732], which is the king's [04428] son in law [02860], and goeth [05493] at thy bidding [04928], and is honourable [03513] in thine house [01004]?
15 Did I then [03117] begin [02490] to enquire [07592] of God [0430] for him? be it far from me [02486]: let not the king [04428] impute [07760] any thing [01697] unto his servant [05650], nor to all the house [01004] of my father [01]: for thy servant [05650] knew [03045] nothing [01697] of all this, less [06996] or more [01419].
16 And the king [04428] said [0559], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191], Ahimelech [0288], thou, and all thy father's [01] house [01004].
17 And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the footmen [07323] that stood [05324] about him, Turn [05437], and slay [04191] the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068]; because their hand [03027] also is with David [01732], and because they knew [03045] when he fled [01272], and did not shew [01540] [0241] it to me. But the servants [05650] of the king [04428] would [014] not put forth [07971] their hand [03027] to fall [06293] upon the priests [03548] of the LORD [03068].
18 And the king [04428] said [0559] to Doeg [01673], Turn [05437] thou, and fall [06293] upon the priests [03548]. And Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] turned [05437], and he fell [06293] upon the priests [03548], and slew [04191] on that day [03117] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] persons [0376] that did wear [05375] a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
19 And Nob [05011], the city [05892] of the priests [03548], smote [05221] he with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], both men [0376] and women [0802], children [05768] and sucklings [03243], and oxen [07794], and asses [02543], and sheep [07716], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
20 And one [0259] of the sons [01121] of Ahimelech [0288] the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], named [08034] Abiathar [054], escaped [04422], and fled [01272] after [0310] David [01732].
21 And Abiathar [054] shewed [05046] David [01732] that Saul [07586] had slain [02026] the LORD'S [03068] priests [03548].
22 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Abiathar [054], I knew [03045] it that day [03117], when Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] was there, that he would surely [05046] tell [05046] Saul [07586]: I have occasioned [05437] the death of all the persons [05315] of thy father's [01] house [01004].
23 Abide [03427] thou with me, fear [03372] not: for he that seeketh [01245] my life [05315] seeketh [01245] thy life [05315]: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard [04931].
8 Now in the eighteenth [08083] [06240] year [08141] of his reign [04427], when he had purged [02891] the land [0776], and the house [01004], he sent [07971] Shaphan [08227] the son [01121] of Azaliah [0683], and Maaseiah [04641] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], and Joah [03098] the son [01121] of Joahaz [03099] the recorder [02142], to repair [02388] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] his God [0430].
22 Then came [0935] Eliakim [0471], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518], that was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and Joah [03098], the son [01121] of Asaph [0623], the recorder [02142], to Hezekiah [02396] with their clothes [0899] rent [07167], and told [05046] him the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262].
1 On that night [03915] could not [05074] the king [04428] sleep [08142], and he commanded [0559] to bring [0935] the book [05612] of records [02146] of the chronicles [01697] [03117]; and they were read [07121] before [06440] the king [04428].
2 And it was found [04672] written [03789], that Mordecai [04782] had told [05046] of Bigthana [0904] and Teresh [08657], two [08147] of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], who sought [01245] to lay [07971] hand [03027] on the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325].
1 So king [04428] Solomon [08010] was king [04428] over all Israel [03478].
2 And these were the princes [08269] which he had; Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Zadok [06659] the priest [03548],
3 Elihoreph [0456] and Ahiah [0281], the sons [01121] of Shisha [07894], scribes [05608]; Jehoshaphat [03092] the son [01121] of Ahilud [0286], the recorder [02142].
4 And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] was over the host [06635]: and Zadok [06659] and Abiathar [054] were the priests [03548]:
5 And Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Nathan [05416] was over the officers [05324]: and Zabud [02071] the son [01121] of Nathan [05416] was principal officer [03548], and the king's [04428] friend [07463]:
6 And Ahishar [0301] was over the household [01004]: and Adoniram [0141] the son [01121] of Abda [05653] was over the tribute [04522].
18 And there were three [07969] sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] there, Joab [03097], and Abishai [052], and Asahel [06214]: and Asahel [06214] was as light [07031] of foot [07272] as a [0259] wild [07704] roe [06643].