1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 15

1 Chronicles 18:15

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
1 Chronicles 18:15, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:15 in other translations

BSBJoab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
WEBJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
ASVAnd Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
YLTand Joab son of Zeruiah is over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud is remembrancer,
DARBYAnd Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;
BBEAnd Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.
WebsterAnd Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder;

What does 1 Chronicles 18:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Joab - was over the host - General-in-chief. Jehoshaphat - recorder - The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 18:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיוֹאָ֥בve.yo.'Avand JoabH3097
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
צְרוּיָ֖הtze.ru.YahZeruiahH6870
עַל\־'al-[was] overH5921
הַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'the armyH6635
וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvi.ho.sha.Fatand JehoshaphatH3092
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אֲחִיל֖וּד'a.chi.LudAhiludH286
מַזְכִּֽיר\׃maz.Kir[was the] recorderH2142

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:15

  • 1 Chronicles 11:6

    And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

  • 2 Samuel 8:16

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

  • 1 Kings 4:3

    Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joab.
11:6; 2Sa 8:16
Jehoshaphat.
1Ki 4:3
recorder. or, remembrancer.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 18:14

    So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:15

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

  • 1 Chronicles 18:16

    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

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1 Chronicles 18:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Joab hijo de Sarvia era general del ejército; y Josaphat hijo de Ahilud, canciller;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joab, fils de Tseruïa, était préposé sur l’armée; et Josaphat, fils d’Akhilud, était rédacteur des chroniques;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joab, der Sohn der Zeruja, war über das Heer; und Josaphat, der Sohn Ahiluds, war Geschichtsschreiber;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro Joab filius Sarviæ erat super exercitum, et Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis: