And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;
Ver. 16. Was over the host.] This honour he had purchased by his valour, 1Ch 11:6 but forfeited by his blood-guiltiness.
And Jehoshaphat … was recorder.] Or, Chancellor of the kingdom, or chief chronicler.
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 proceedi...
For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorde...
5. THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Philistines and Moab smitten (2 Samuel 8:1)_ 2. Hadadezer overthrown (2 Samuel 8:3) 3. Further conquests and triumphs (2 Samuel 8:9) 4. David'
2 SAMUEL 8. DAVID'S VICTORIES. HIS MINISTERS (D). A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul (1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion of a...
RECORDER. remembrancer....
_recorder_ Or, REMEMBRANCER, a state officer of high rank, who seems not only to have kept a record of events, but to have acted as the king's adviser. His importance is indicated by 2 Kings 18:18; 2...
David's administration and officers A summary notice of the internal administration of the kingdom, with a list of David's chief officers of state, is appended to the account of his wars. Another lis...
JEHOSHAPHAT THE SON OF AHILUD WAS RECORDER— i.e. as is generally believed, _remembrancer,_ or _writer of chronicles:_ an employment of no mean estimation in the Eastern world, where it was customary w...
_David's Government._ 2 Samuel 8:14-18 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever h...
_AND JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH WAS OVER THE HOST; AND JEHOSHAPHAT THE SON OF AHILUD WAS RECORDER;_ Joab ... was over the host - by virtue of a special promise (2 Samuel 5:8). RECORDER - historiographer...
DAVID'S VICTORIES, AND A LIST OF HIS OFFICERS This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a different source....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 8 DAVID WINS MANY WARS V1 Some time later, David fought the *Philistines. He defeated them and he controlled their chief city. V2...
WAS RECORDER. — This was a different office from that of “the scribe” (filled by Seraiah), and appears from 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Chronicles 34:8, to have been one of considerable importance. (Comp. also E...
וְ יֹואָ֥ב בֶּן ־צְרוּיָ֖ה עַל ־הַ צָּבָ֑א
CHAPTER XI. _ ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM._ 2 Samuel 8:15. IF the records of David's warlike expeditions are brief, still more so are the notices of his work of peace. How he fulfilled his royal f...
VICTORIOUS ON EVERY SIDE 2 Samuel 8:1 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 8:14. Indeed, he was more than a conqueror,...
Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation between this account of them and what had preceded. Th...
_Sarvia, sister of David, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 16. --- Army. Joab had acquired such influence over it, that his power was formidable even to David. He was a great warrior, and had contributed more than...
(16) And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (17) And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah w...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
Being entirely delivered from the insurrections of the people,* David exercises his power in bringing his enemies into subjection. The Philistines, who dwelt within the land of Israel, are subjugated....
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 chie...
_Jehoshaphat was recorder_ That is, _the remembrancer_, or _writer of chronicles_, as is generally thought; “an employment,” says Dr. Delaney, “of no mean estimation in the eastern world, where it was...
1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 9 Toi sendeth Ioram with Presents to blesse him. 11 The Presents and the spoile Dauid dedicateth to God....
David's Prestige Recognized...
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the host, had supreme command of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, WAS RECORDER, chronicler and preserver of the most important happenings in the kin...
God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phil...
RECORDER: Or, remembrancer, or writer of chronicles...
15-18 David neither did wrong, nor denied or delayed right to any. This speaks his close application to business; also his readiness to admit all addresses and appeals made to him. He had no respect...
JOAB having doubtless declared his repentance for his former crimes, and having done eminent service for his country, and having received the chief command by virtue of David's promise and contract, 2...
2 Samuel 8:16 Joab H3097 son H1121 Zeruiah H6870 army H6635 Jehoshaphat H3092 son H1121 Ahilud H286 recorder H2142
CONTENTS: Full establishment of David's kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hadadezer, Joram, Toi. CONCLUSION: After the long and frequent struggles which the Christian has with the powers of darkness,...
2 Samuel 8:2. _Two lines._ The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance. Th...
_David reigned over all Israel._ ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM I. The first thing pointed out to us here is the catholicity of his kingly government; embracing all Israel, all people. He did not best...
_David smote the Philistines and subdued them._ THE VICTORIOUS KING These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110. I. The...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:1__ Chapter 2 Samuel 8:1 lists David’s military victories. These events do not necessarily match the historical order of the rest of the book....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:15 This is a list of David’s officials (for similar lists, see 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Kings
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1. “METHEG-AMMAH.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “METHEG” is a “BRIDLE,” and “AMMAH” is translated _mother_ by Keil, E...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 8:1 DAVID SMOTE THE PHILISTINES. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of Israel nationally, but was also the rea...
In the eighth chapter of second Samuel there is chronicled for us certain of David's victories over their enemies round about, how that God was establishing David and his kingdom, and was subduing his...
1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 18:15; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Samuel 19:13;...
Recorder — The treasurer, who examined all the accounts, and kept records of them....