Discovery Box1 Chronicles 11:6 
Context11:6 1 David said, “Whoever attacks 2 the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” 3 So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked 4 first and became commander. 5
1 Chronicles 19:18
Context19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 6 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach 7 the commanding general.
1 Chronicles 27:34
Context27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.
Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.
1 sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.
2 tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”
3 tn Heb “head and officer.”
4 tn Heb “went up.”
5 tn Heb “head.”
6 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”
7 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”
