2 Samuel 8:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Zeruiah’s son Joab was in command of the army; Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was recorder;

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Now Joab, the son Zeruiah, was over the army. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Sarvia was over the army: and Josaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:

2 Samuel 8:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth the army: one third under the command of Joab; one third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother; and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? So may God do to me and more, if you are not the commander of my army from now on, in place of Joab.’ ”

2 Samuel 2:13

Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat on one side of the pool, while the other sat on the other side of the pool.

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

1 Kings 4:3

Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

2 Kings 18:18

When they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

1 Chronicles 11:6

David had said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.