¹⁶ Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

¹⁷ Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;

Seraiah was court secretary;

¹⁸ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;^(A)

and David’s sons were chief officials.^[a]

³ Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, secretaries;

Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, court historian;

⁴ Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army;

Zadok and Abiathar, priests;

⁵ Azariah son of Nathan, in charge of the deputies;

Zabud son of Nathan, a priest and adviser to the king;

⁶ Ahishar, in charge of the palace;

and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.