1 Kings 4:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 8:16 : 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
2 Sam 20:24-25 : 24 and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; 25 and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
1 Chr 18:6 : 6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
1 Chr 18:15 : 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Isa 62:6 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 8:16-18
3 verses
84%
16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
17and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
18and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
1 Chr 18:15-17
3 verses
83%
15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
2 Sam 20:24-25
2 verses
82%
24and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
1 Kgs 4:2
76%
2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
1 Kgs 4:4
76%
4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
1 Chr 24:6
75%
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
Isa 36:3
73%
3Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
1 Chr 8:27
71%
27and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
1 Chr 4:35-37
3 verses
71%
35and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
1 Chr 12:5-6
2 verses
71%
5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,
2 Chr 31:13
71%
13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
1 Kgs 4:6
71%
6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork.
1 Chr 12:3
70%
3The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
2 Chr 17:8
70%
8and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
1 Chr 11:44
70%
44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
Neh 12:34
70%
34Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Neh 12:7
70%
7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
1 Chr 8:14
70%
14and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
2 Chr 29:13-14
2 verses
70%
13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
2 Sam 5:16
70%
16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
Ezra 7:2
70%
2the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
1 Chr 26:25
70%
25And his brethren: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
1 Chr 27:34
69%
34and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
1 Chr 11:35
69%
35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
1 Chr 15:11
69%
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
2 Kgs 18:18
69%
18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
2 Sam 23:32
69%
32Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
1 Chr 8:20
69%
20and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
1 Chr 4:22
69%
22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.
1 Chr 11:29
69%
29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
1 Chr 11:46
69%
46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
1 Chr 25:2
69%
2of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
1 Chr 2:31
69%
31And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
1 Chr 6:30
69%
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
1 Chr 26:22
69%
22The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
1 Chr 27:25
69%
25And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
1 Kgs 4:17-18
2 verses
69%
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
1 Chr 26:7
69%
7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
1 Chr 9:14
69%
14And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
1 Chr 26:11
68%
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.