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2 Samuel 8:18
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and Benayah the son of Yehoiada [was over] the Kereti and the Peleti; and David's sons were chief ministers.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were priests.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites. And David's sons were priests.
Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was [head] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king's bodyguards]; and David's sons were chief [confidential] advisers (officials) [to the king].
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes were chiefe rulers.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were priests.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard. David's sons were priests.
B'nayahu the son of Y'hoyada was in charge of the K'reti and P'leti [serving as the king's bodyguards], and David's sons were cohanim.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the nobles and the laborers, and Davids sons were the princes.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were priests.
Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer ye Chrethians & Plethians. And the sonnes of Dauid were prestes.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and Dauids sonnes, were chiefe rulers.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer both the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes were chiefe rulers.
and Banaeas son of Jodae was councillor, and the Chelethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
Forsothe Bananye, sone of Joiada, was ouer Cerethi and Pherethi, that is, ouer archeris and arblasteris; sotheli the sones of Dauid weren prestis.
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king's bodyguard. And David's sons served as priestly leaders.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were the king's helpers.
David also struck down King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah, as he went to restore his monument at the river Euphrates. David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. David took the gold shields that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. From Betah and from Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great amount of bronze. When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, Toi sent his son Joram to King David, to greet him and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. Now Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze; these also King David dedicated to the Lord , together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah. David won a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people. Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiadah, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, - and, the sons of David, became, chief rulers.
And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.
and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and David's sons were priests.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; And David's sons were priests.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Benaiah: 1 Kings 1:44, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:35, 1 Chronicles 18:17
the Cherethites: 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20-23, 1 Samuel 30:14, Ezekiel 25:16, Zephaniah 2:5
chief rulers: or, princes, 2 Samuel 20:26
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:45 - priest of Genesis 41:50 - priest Genesis 47:22 - of the priests 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok 1 Kings 1:38 - the Cherethites 1 Kings 4:5 - the principal 1 Chronicles 11:22 - Benaiah 2 Chronicles 12:10 - the chief Psalms 122:5 - the thrones Jeremiah 7:16 - I will
Cross-References
The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over both the Cherethites and Pelethites,.... These, according to Josephus k, were the king's bodyguards, and this man is expressly said to be set over his guards, 2 Samuel 23:22; and which some think were of the nation of the Philistines, famous for archery, and slinging of stones; and so the Targum renders it,
"was appointed over the archers and slingers;''
so "choriti" in Virgil l are quivers for arrows; the great use of which in fighting David had observed, and therefore got a select company of these men, partly to teach Israel, and partly to guard himself: but others are of opinion that David would never suffer such as were Heathens to be so near his person, and therefore take them to be Israelites; and so some Jewish writers say they were two families in Israel; which is much better than to interpret them as others do of the sanhedrim, and even of the Urim and Thummim, as in the Targum on
1 Chronicles 18:17;
1 Chronicles 18:17- :; and it is most probable that they were Israelites, who were David's guards, and consisted of the chiefs that were with him in Philistia, and particularly at Ziklag, which lay on the south of the Cherethites, 1 Samuel 30:14; and so had their name from thence; and among the chief of those that came to him at Ziklag there was one named Peleth, from whence might come the Pelethites, and they were all of them archers; see 1 Chronicles 12:2;
and David's sons were chief rulers; princes, princes of the blood, or "chief about the king", as in 1 Chronicles 18:17; they were constant attendants at court, waiting on the king, ready at hand to do what he pleased to order; they were the chief ministers, and had the management of the principal affairs at court. Abarbinel thinks that this respects not only David's sons, but Benaiah, and the family of the Cherethites and Pelethites, who had none of them particular posts assigned them, which were settled and known, as those before mentioned had, but were always near at hand, to do whatsoever the king commanded them; and which seems better to agree with the literal order and construction of the words; which are,
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and Pelethites,
and the sons of David, [were] princes, or chief rulers; or priests, who according to Gussetius m brought the offerings or presents to the king, and did that to him the priests did to the Lord.
k Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5. sect.4.) l Aeneid. 10. m Ebr. Comment. p. 366.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For a similar account of the officers of Solomonâs kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the kingâs information, and hence, he would naturally be the kingâs adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22; 2 Chronicles 34:8. Such an officer is found among the ancient Egyptians and Persians.
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar - According to 1 Samuel 22:9-23, Abiathar, Zadokâs colleague, was the son of Ahimelech. Abiathar the son of Ahimelech continued to be priest through the reign of David. (Compare also 1 Kings 1:7, 1Ki 1:42; 1 Kings 2:22-27.) It almost necessarily follows that there is some error in the text.
The scribe - Or secretary of state 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 18:37, different from the military scribe (Judges 5:14 note).
2 Samuel 8:18
The Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the marginal reference note.
Chief rulers - The word ××× koÌheÌn, here rendered a âchief ruler,â is the regular word for a priest. In the early days of the monarchy the word ××× koÌheÌn had not quite lost its etymological sense, from the root meaning to minister, or manage affairs, though in later times its technical sense alone survived.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 8:18. Benaiah — The chief of the second class of David's worthies. We shall meet with him again.
The Cherethites and the Pelethites — The former supposed to be those who accompanied David when he fled from Saul; the latter, those who came to him at Ziklag. But the Targum translates these two names thus, the archers and the slingers; and this is by far the most likely. It is not at all probable that David was without a company both of archers and slingers. The bow is celebrated in the funeral lamentation over Saul and Jonathan; and the sling was renowned as the weapon of the Israelites, and how expert David was in the use of it we learn from the death of Goliath. I take for granted that the Chaldee paraphrast is correct. No weapons then known were equally powerful with these; the spears, swords, and javelins, of other nations, were as stubble before them. The bow was the grand weapon of our English ancestors; and even after the invention of firearms, they were with difficulty persuaded to prefer them and leave their archery.
