2 Samuel 8:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֖ה עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד מַזְכִּֽיר׃

Transliteration

And Yôʾāb son-of-Ṣərûyâ over-the ṣābāʾ and Yəhôšāpāṭ son-of-ʾĂḥîlûd mazkîr.

Grammar Details

*wəYôʾāb*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Joab
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*Ṣərûyâ*: proper noun - Zeruiah
*ʿal*: preposition - over
*haṣṣābāʾ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the army
*wîhôšāpāṭ*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Jehoshaphat
*ʾĂḥîlûd*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahilud
*mazkîr*: hiphil participle masculine singular - recorder/chronicler

Word Meanings

*ṣābāʾ*: army/host/warfare
*mazkîr*: recorder/remembrancer/chronicler/secretary of state

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
1 Chr 11:6 : 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
2 Sam 20:23-24 : 23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites; 24 and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
1 Chr 18:15-17 : 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 18:15-17
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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 20:23-25
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84%
23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
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 4:2-4
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2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
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2 Sam 8:17-18
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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 27:34
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34and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
1 Chr 27:25
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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 Chr 8:31
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31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
1 Chr 8:14-15
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14and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
1 Chr 11:39
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1 Chr 12:3
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2 Chr 31:13
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