And you shall say to Amasa, [Are] you not my bone and my flesh? And now God do so to me and more also, if you shall not be commander of the army before me continually in the place of Joab.

And Joab [was] over all he forces of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.

And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.

And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder.

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.

Eliaph and Ahijah son of Shisha, scribes; and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, recorder.