2 Samuel 8:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

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  • 1 Kgs 4:3 : 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
  • 1 Chr 11:6 : 6 And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God's punishment be on me, if I do not make you chief of the army before me at all times in place of Joab!
  • 2 Sam 20:23-24 : 23 Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; 24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
  • 1 Chr 18:15-17 : 15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records. 16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe; 17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

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  • 1 Chr 18:15-17
    3 verses
    96%

    15And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

    16And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

    17And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

  • 2 Sam 20:23-25
    3 verses
    84%

    23Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

    24And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    25And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 1 Kgs 4:2-4
    3 verses
    84%

    2And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

    3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    4Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 2 Sam 8:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

    18And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    77%

    34After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 1 Chr 27:25
    73%

    25And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

  • 1 Chr 8:31
    71%

    31And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 8:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14And their brothers Shashak and Jeremoth.

    15And Zebadiah and Arad and Eder

  • 1 Chr 11:39
    70%

    39Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

  • Neh 11:9
    70%

    9And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.

  • 1 Chr 26:22
    70%

    22The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 12:3
    69%

    3Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

  • 1 Chr 12:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

    7And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

  • 1 Chr 11:6
    69%

    6And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

  • 2 Chr 31:13
    69%

    13And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 4:6
    69%

    6Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.

  • 2 Sam 17:25
    69%

    25And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    69%

    4But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 23:37
    69%

    37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,

  • 2 Sam 14:1
    69%

    1Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    69%

    8And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    68%

    16And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

  • 1 Chr 23:11
    68%

    11Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
    68%

    35And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 4:22
    68%

    22And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

  • 1 Chr 8:27
    68%

    27And Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri, the sons of Jeremoth.

  • 1 Kgs 4:17
    68%

    17Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

  • Ezra 8:9
    68%

    9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

  • 2 Kgs 8:16
    68%

    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

  • 2 Sam 8:15
    68%

    15And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 1 Chr 11:41
    68%

    41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,

  • 1 Chr 15:11
    68%

    11And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,

  • 2 Chr 26:11
    68%

    11In addition, Uzziah had an army of fighting-men who went out to war in bands, as they had been listed by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

  • 2 Chr 17:18
    68%

    18And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.

  • 1 Chr 6:9
    68%

    9And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    68%

    6And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.

  • 1 Chr 27:28
    68%

    28Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

  • 1 Chr 8:17
    68%

    17And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber

  • 2 Sam 8:12
    68%

    12The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • 1 Chr 8:19
    68%

    19And Jakim and Zichri and Zabdi

  • 1 Chr 4:35
    68%

    35And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,