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2 Sam. 8:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Benaiahc the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethitese and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ζchief rulers.

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1 Chron. 18:17• ¹⁷And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. (1 Chron. 18:17)

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1 Sam. 30:14• ¹⁴We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. (1 Sam. 30:14)

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or, princes.

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Benaiah,

Cherethims, Cherethites,

David,

Jehoiada,

Pelethites,

Son

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Benaiah.

1 Kings 1:44• ⁴⁴And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: (1 Kings 1:44)

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1 Kings 2:34‑35• ³⁴So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
³⁵And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. (1 Kings 2:34‑35)

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1 Chron. 18:17• ¹⁷And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. (1 Chron. 18:17)

the Cherethites.

2 Sam. 15:18• ¹⁸And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. (2 Sam. 15:18)

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2 Sam. 20:7,23• ⁷And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
²³Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (2 Sam. 20:7,23)

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2 Sam. 23:20‑23• ²⁰And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
²¹And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
²²These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
²³He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. (2 Sam. 23:20‑23)

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1 Sam. 30:14• ¹⁴We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. (1 Sam. 30:14)

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Ezek. 25:16• ¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. (Ezek. 25:16)

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Zeph. 2:5• ⁵Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. (Zeph. 2:5)

chief rulers.

or, princes.

2 Sam. 20:26• ²⁶And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. (2 Sam. 20:26)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethitese; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

JND Translation Notes

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e

The executioners (a sort of bodyguard), and the runners.