Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
Now Joab was over all the host. David, whatever his private wishes, found that he possessed not the power of removing Josh; so, winking at the murder of Amasa, he re-establisbed that officer in his former post of commander-in-chief. The enumeration of David's cabinet is here given to show that the government was re-established in its normal course.