1 Chronicles 18:15

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Joab	וְיוֹאָ֥ב ve.yo.'Av	H3097	Joab · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Zeruiah	צְרוּיָ֖ה tze.ru.Yah	H6870	Tserujah · proper noun, a woman's name
host	הַצָּבָ֑א ha.tza.Va'	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jehoshaphat	וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט vi.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	Jehoshaphat · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahilud	אֲחִיל֖וּד 'a.chi.Lud	H286	Achilud · proper noun, a man's name
recorder	מַזְכִּֽיר maz.Kir	H2142	properly · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
2 Samuel 8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
1 Kings 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:9–end

Here let us learn, 1. That it is our interest to make those our friends who have the presence of God with them. The king of Hamath, hearing of David's great success, sent to congratulate him and to court his favour with a noble present, Ch1 18:9, Ch1 18:10. It is in vain to contend with the Son of David. Kiss the Son, therefore, lest he be angry; let the kings and judges of the earth, and all inferior people too, be thus wise, thus instructed. The presents we are to bring him are not vessels of gold and silver, as here (those shall be welcomed to him who have no such presents to bring), but our hearts and sincere affections, our whole selves, we must present to him as living sacrifices. 2. T…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 18:9

Tou--or Toi--whose dominions border on those of Hadadezer. (See on Sa2 8:9-12; Kg1 11:15).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 18:15

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

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1

See Chapter Introduction

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 18:1–end

See Chapter Introduction Next: 1 Chronicles Chapter 19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 18:14-17

The listing of David’s officials demonstrates the greatness of his rule over all of Israel.

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 18:15

Now Joab, etc. was over the host Since he retired from going with the army, he placed Joab over the host to wage all his battles. All this refers back to “... and he administered justice and charity.” The interruption with “Now Joab, etc. was over the host,” was necessary for the following reason, lest you say that since “... and David was administering justice,” [the result was that] the Israelites were no longer waging war, therefore, it says “Now Joab was over the host.” recorder - Heb. הַמַּזְכִּיר, lit., the reminder. This refers back to the beginning (verse 14), that he would remind [him of] which case came before the king first, and a similar instance is (Esther 6:1): “... to bring..…

Dictionary and topics

Ahilud — (a brother of one born, i.e. before him).
Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Rabbah — Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which…
Recorder — (Heb. mazkir, i.e., “the mentioner,” “rememberancer”), the office first held by Jehoshaphat in the court of David (2 Sam. 8:16), also in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:3). The next recorder…
Jehoshaphat · 1. David’s recor — 1. David’s recor
Joab · .Comman — .Comman

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).