Ahilud

How Nave’s arranged it

• Father of Baana1 Kings 4:12
• Father of Jehoshaphat2 Samuel 8:162 Samuel 20:241 Kings 4:31 Chronicles 18:15

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 8:16

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

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 8:162 voices

   “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. Or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles.

   “Joab . . . was over the host--by virtue of a special promise (2Sa 5:8). recorder--historiographer or daily annalist, an office of great trust and importance in Eastern countries.

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2. 2 Samuel 20:24

   Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:242 voices

   “And Adoram was over the tribute,.... Or over those that collected and brought it, as the Targum; this was a new office, and which respected both the revenue he received from his own people, and the tribute brought him from the nations conquered by him: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; who was in this office before, and now continued and established in it, 2Sa 8:16.

   “Adoram was over the tribute - Probably the chief receiver of the taxes; or Chancellor of the Exchequer, as we term it. Jehoshaphat - recorder - The registrar of public events.

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3. 1 Kings 4:3

   Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:32 voices

   “Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes,.... Their father Shisha, the same with Sheva, was scribe only in David's time; and he being dead very probably, both his sons were continued in the office as secretaries of state, Solomon having more business for such an office, see 2Sa 20:25; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; who was in the same office in the times of David, and now held it under Solomon, 2Sa 8:16.

   “Scribes - That is, secretaries of state. He chose two, whereas David had but one: either, because he observed some inconveniences in trusting all those matters in one hand: or, because he had now much more employment than David had, this being a time of great peace and prosperity, and his empire enlarged.

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4. 1 Kings 4:12

   Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:122 voices

   “Baana the son of Ahilud, to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean,.... All which were places in the tribe of Manasseh, Jos 17:11; which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel; so described, to distinguish it, as is thought, from Zaretan in Jos 3:16; and the country this officer presided over reached also from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam; the two first of these were in the tribe of Manasseh, and the last in the tribe of Zebulun, Jos 19:11.

   “The officials elected by Solomon designate the order of the chosen ones whom Christ affirmed in his grace and appointed as rulers of his people. Indeed, twelve prefects were selected to administer the incomes of this king and his house, because just as many apostles …

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5. 1 Chronicles 18:15

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

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18:151 voice

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

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