And say ye to Amasa,[ Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
Now Joab[ was] over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada[ was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:And Adoram[ was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud[ was] recorder:
And Joab the son of Zeruiah[ was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,[ were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada[ was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David[ were] chief about the king.