Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Joab - was over the host - General and commander-in-chief over all the army.
Ahilud - recorder - mazkir , remembrancer; one who kept a strict journal of all the proceedings of the king and operations of his army; a chronicler. Or, remembrancer , or, writer of chronicles .
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 2 Samuel 8:16:
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