Cabinet

How Nave’s arranged it

• Heads of departments in government
• David's2 Samuel 8:15–182 Samuel 15:122 Samuel 20:23–261 Chronicles 27:32–34
• Solomon's1 Kings 4:1–7
• Hezekiah'sIsaiah 36:3
• ArtaxerxesEzra 7:14
• See Counsellor
• See Minister, Prime

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 8:15–18

   Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 8:15–182 voices

   “And David reigned over all Israel,....

   “Herein he was a type of Christ, who was faithful and true, and who doth in righteousness both judge and make war, Rev. xix. He kept good order and good officers in his court. David being the first king that had an established government (for Saul's reign was short and unsettled) he had the modelling of the administration.

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2. 2 Samuel 15:12

   While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:122 voices

   “And the book of his history also sheweth us David's innocency, for on account of his simplicity in the direction of the affairs of this world he had one to give him counsel concerning human business with him continually; for the Book maketh known to …

   “And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's counsellor,....

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3. 2 Samuel 20:23–26

   Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:23–262 voices

   “Now Joab was over all the host of Israel,....

   “Now Joab ... - This is by no means an unmeaning repetition. Joab had been dismissed to make room for Amasa, and was now, as the result of his successful expedition against Sheba, and the death of Amasa, reinstated in his command. Moreover, this was a fresh beginning of David’s reign, and therefore a statement of his chief officers is as proper as in 2Sa 8:16, when he had just established himself on the throne of Israel. Compare 1Ki 4:2-6.

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4. 1 Kings 4:1–7

   So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 4:1–72 voices

   “So King Solomon was king over all Israel. As David his father was not at first, only over Judah, and as Solomon's successors were not, after the division of the kingdom under his son Rehoboam; though this seems to have a particular respect to what is related in the preceding chapter concerning the wisdom of Solomon, for which he was so famous, that he reigned by the consent of all, and in the hearts of all the people of Israel.

   “Solomon, that is, was king over “all Israel” from the first; not like David, who for seven and a half years reigned over Judah only. This feature well introduces the glory of Solomon and the organisation of the court, of which the historian in this chapter intends to give us a general sketch. Solomon constitutes certain “princes” or officers of the first rank, deriving their station from him, and probably holding it during pleasure.

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5. 1 Chronicles 27:32–34

   David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27:32–341 voice

   “A list - supplemental in character - of some chief officers of David, not mentioned before. The list cannot belong to a very late part of David’s reign, since it contains the name of Ahithophel, who killed himself during Absalom’s rebellion 2Sa 17:23. 1Ch 27:33 Was the king’s companion - or, “king’s friend,” as in 1Ki 4:5. Compare also 2Sa 16:17. 1Ch 27:34 After Ahithophel - i. e., next in counsel to Ahithophel: inferior to him, but superior to all others.

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6. Ezra 7:14

   You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

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   “For you have been sent from the presence of the king and his seven advisors, etc. And in the book of Esther, we read that it was the custom of the Persian kings to use the counsel of seven wise men in all matters to …

   “Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,....

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7. Isaiah 36:3

   Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 36:32 voices

   “But Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, went out to him, along with the royal secretary Shebna and the court official Joah son of Asaph. Eliakim is the same person mentioned in the Vision of the Valley of Zion (see Isaiah 22:20-21): I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and I will clothe him in your robe and fasten your sash around him. I will hand your authority over to him, and he will be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the people of Judah, and so on.

   “Then came forth unto him,.... Being sent by Hezekiah; for otherwise Rabshakeh had the impudence to call to him, in order to parley, and treat with him about the surrender of the city; but as this was not thought either safe or honourable for the king to go in person, his following ministers went; see 2Ki 18:18, Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house; not over the house of the Lord, the temple, as some, but the king's house, being high steward of if, or "major domo".

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