1-Chronicles - 18:15



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

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 18:15.

Differing Translations

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And Joab the son of Sarvia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Ahilud recorder.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;
and Joab son of Zeruiah is over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud is remembrancer,
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.
Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Joab - was over the host - General-in-chief.
Jehoshaphat - recorder - The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.

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