1 Chronicles 18:15

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

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

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אֲחִיל֖וּד

ʼĂchîylûwd

H286

“Ahilud”

Noun, Proper

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Samuel 8:16

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H251 and H3205

TWOT: None

Ahilud = "child's brother" - father of Jehoshaphat, David's recorder - father of Baana, an officer of Solomon

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud H286 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲחִיל֖וּד Ahilud H286 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

1 verb
7 nouns
1 preposition

Verb forms

מַזְכִּֽיר Hiphil · Participle Active

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

בֶּן son H1121 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 18 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 12 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 18:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

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

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 1 Chronicles 18:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְיוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן צְרוּיָ֖ה עַל הַצָּבָ֑א וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן אֲחִיל֖וּד מַזְכִּֽיר

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

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 18:15 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ιωαβ υἱός σαρουια ἐπί ὁ στρατιά καί ιωσαφατ υἱός αχιλουδ ςὑπομνηματογράφο

And Joab the son of Saruia was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud was recorder.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 18:15 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15. Joab - was over the host] General-in-chief.

Jehoshaphat - recorder.] The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(15) Recorder.—Literally, Remembrancer. LXX and Vulg. render the word “over, or writer of, memoranda.” Syriac and Arabic of Samuel have “leader,” “director;” here they render literally. (Comp. 2Sa_8:16; 2Ki_18:18; 2Ch_34:8.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

15. recorder] R.V. marg., chronicler; LXX., ὑπομνηματογράφος.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Recorder. The word is of the same root with that in 1Ch_16:4, "to record." The exact duties and position of this officer are not stated in any one place, but may be gathered from 2Sa_8:16 2Sa_20:24; 1Ki_4:3; 2Ki_18:18, 2Ki_18:37; 2Ch_34:8. From these notices, belonging to somewhat separate times, we may gather the dignity and responsibility and trust of the office which the recorder filled, altogether in excess of his duty as mere historical secretary.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

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... the records (הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת), the chronicles.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂchîylûwd (“Ahilud”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Ahilud” (ʼĂchîylûwd) contribute to the verse as a whole?
2 Samuel 8:16 shares the word «Ahilud» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“son” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «מַזְכִּֽיר» is Hiphil Participle Active. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 12 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
“son” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.