2 Samuel 8:16

recorder. remembrancer.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Prestige Recognized
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:6 ; 1 Chronicles 18:15-17 ; 1 Kings 4:3 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 ; 2 Samuel 20:23
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Recorder — The treasurer, who examined all the accounts, and kept records of them.

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;e

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 8:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 8:16