1 Chronicles 18:15

Wycliffe Bible

Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, was `on the oost; and Josaphat, the sone of Ayluth, was chaunceler;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;

Hebrew Names Version
Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah was over the host; and Yehoshafat the son of Achilud was recorder;

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

English Standard Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

New Century Version
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander over the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.

New English Translation
Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

Amplified Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was in command of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

New American Standard Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary;

World English Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud recorder,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Berean Standard Bible
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the historian;

Contemporary English Version
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the commander in chief of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud kept the government records.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah was commander of the army, Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud was chief adviser,

Darby Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;

Easy-to-Read Version
Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of David's army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud wrote about the things David did.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joab the son of Zuriah was over all the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

Good News Translation
Abishai's brother Joab was commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;

Lexham English Bible
And Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder.

Literal Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost. Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler.

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

Bible in Basic English
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast, & Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud recorder:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

King James Version (1611)
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud, Recorder.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab the son of Saruia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud was recorder.

English Revised Version
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder;

New King James Version
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

New Living Translation
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.

New Life Bible
Joab the son of Zeruiah was captain of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wrote down the things of the nation.

New Revised Standard
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army, - and, Jehoshaphat, son of Elihud, was recorder;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joab the son of Sarvia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Ahilud recorder.

Revised Standard Version
And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah was over the army; and Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;

Young's Literal Translation
and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

Contextual Overview

⁹ And whanne Thou, kyng of Emath, hadde herd this thing, `that is, that Dauid hadde smyte al the oost of Adadezer, kyng of Soba, <sup>10</sup> he sente Aduram, his sone, to Dauid the kyng, for to axe of hym pees, and for to thanke hym, for he hadde ouercome and hadde smyte Adadezer; for whi king Adadezer was aduersarie of Thou. <sup>11</sup> But also kyng Dauid halewide to the Lord alle the vessels of gold, and of siluer, and of bras; and the siluer, and the gold, which the kyng hadde take of alle folkis, as wel of Idumee and Moab, and of the sones of Amon, as of Filisteis and Amalech. <sup>12</sup> Forsothe Abisai, the sone of Saruye, smoot Edom in the valei of salt pittis, `ten and eiyte thousynde. ¹³ And he settide strong hold in Edom, that Ydumei schulde serue Dauid. And the Lord sauide Dauid in alle thingis, to whiche he yede. ¹⁴ Therfor Dauid regnede on al Israel, and dide doom and riytwisnesse to al his puple. ¹⁵ Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, was `on the oost; and Josaphat, the sone of Ayluth, was chaunceler; ¹⁶ forsothe Sadoch, the sone of Achitob, and Achymalech, the sone of Abyathar, weren preestis; and Susa was scribe; ¹⁷ and Banaye, the sone of Joiada, was on the legiouns Cerethi and Phelethi; sotheli the sones of Dauid weren the firste at the hond of the kyng.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joab: 1 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Samuel 8:16

Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 4:3

recorder: or, remembrancer

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:23 - Now Joab 2 Chronicles 34:8 - recorder

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?

Genesis 12:13
Therfor, Y biseche thee, seie thou, that thou art my sistir, that it be wel to me for thee, and that my lijf lyue for loue of thee.

Genesis 18:25
Fer be it fro thee that thou do this thing, and sle a iust man with a wickid man, and that a iust man be maad as a wickid man; this is not thin that demest al erthe; thou schalt not make this doom.

Genesis 18:27
Abraham answerde and seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord, sithen Y am dust and aische;

Job 2:10
And Joob seide, Thou hast spoke as oon of the fonned wymmen; if we han take goodis of the hond of the Lord, whi forsothe suffren we not yuels? In alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis.

Psalms 44:21
If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.

Proverbs 12:19
The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.

Proverbs 28:13
He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.

Mark 2:8
And whanne Jhesus hadde knowe this bi the Hooli Goost, that thei thouyten so with ynne hem silf, he seith to hem, What thenken ye these thingis in youre hertis?

John 2:25
and for it was not nede to hym, that ony man schulde bere witnessyng, for he wiste, what was in man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 18:15. Joab - was over the host — General-in-chief.

Jehoshaphat - recorder. — The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.