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

And Joab [was] over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

Now David said, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.

Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons [were] chief ministers at the king's side.

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;