2 Samuel 8:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people. ¹⁵ So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people. ¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. ¹⁵ David was king over all Israel, and he did what was fair and right for all his people. ¹⁵ David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. ¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people. ¹⁵ David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people. ¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel, and continued to administer justice and righteousness for all his people. ¹⁵ So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people. ¹⁵ And Dauid regnede on al Israel, and Dauid dide doom, and riytfulnesse to al his puple.

Bible Verse Review
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Joab: 2 Samuel 19:13, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 18:15-17

Jehoshaphat: 1 Kings 4:3

recorder: or, remembrancer, or writer of chronicles

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:13 - Joab 2 Samuel 20:7 - General 2 Samuel 24:2 - Joab 1 Kings 1:7 - Joab 2 Kings 18:18 - the recorder 2 Chronicles 34:8 - recorder Isaiah 36:3 - Shebna

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
And Yahweh said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.

Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

Genesis 7:1
And the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.

Genesis 7:1
And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host,.... Which was not only owing to his relation to David, being his sister's son, but to his promise that whoever smote the Jebusites first should be chief and captain; that is, should have the command of the army under him; this Joab did; and so was entitled to this office, and was put into it, and continued in it, 1 Chronicles 11:6;

and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder; of memorable events, who kept a diary of whatsoever remarkable happened, which were digested into a chronicle, history, or annals; see Esther 6:1; so the Targum, he

"was appointed over the memorials;''

or book of memorials, as Kimchi interprets it; that is, to take care of it, and see that everything worthy of notice was inserted in it; or was "remembrancer" g; one that put the king in mind what was to be done every day, or in certain cases, and so R. Isaiah explains it, the king's counsellor; some take him to be chancellor, as Luther and others h.

g מזכיר "commemorans", Montanus; "commemorator", Syr. Ar. "memorans, sive reducens in memoriam", Vatablus. h Vid. Beckium in Targ. 1 Chron. xviii. 15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the king’s information, and hence, he would naturally be the king’s adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22; 2 Chronicles 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.

Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to 1 Samuel 22:9-23, Abiathar, Zadok’s colleague, was the son of Ahimelech. Abiathar the son of Ahimelech continued to be priest through the reign of David. (Compare also 1 Kings 1:7, 1Ki 1:42; 1 Kings 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.

The scribe - Or secretary of state 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 18:37, different from the military scribe (Judges 5:14 note).

2 Samuel 8:18

The Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the marginal reference note.

Chief rulers - The word כהן kôhên, here rendered a “chief ruler,” is the regular word for a priest. In the early days of the monarchy the word כהן kôhên had not quite lost its etymological sense, from the root meaning to minister, or manage affairs, though in later times its technical sense alone survived.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 8:16. Joab - was over the host — General and commander-in-chief over all the army.

Ahilud - recorder — מזכיר mazkir, remembrancer; one who kept a strict journal of all the proceedings of the king and operations of his army; a chronicler. See the margin.