and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
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and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
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and Beniah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
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- 2 Samuel 8:18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- 2 Samuel 15:18 All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
- 2 Samuel 20:7 Joab’s men went out after him, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
- 2 Samuel 23:19-23 Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow. He killed a huge Egyptian, 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 killed him with his own spear. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men. He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
- 1 Kings 1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.
- 1 Kings 2:34-35 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of Yahweh’s house, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;
- Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read 2 Sam. 8:18.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. Cherethites and the Pelethites] 2Sa 8:18.
Verse 17. Cherethites and the Pelethites] 2Sa 8:18.
The Targum says, "Benaiah was over the great Sanhedrin and the small Sanhedrin, and consulted Urim and Thummim. And at his command the archers and slingers went to battle."
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The sons of David] These were the highest in authority.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain About. Literally, "at the hand of the king," to…
About. Literally, "at the hand of the king," to execute his orders, and to assist him. Septuagint, "vicegerents." Syriac, "princes." They are styled priests, 2 Kings viii. 18.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the Cherethites and the Pelethites--who formed the royal bodyguard.…
the Cherethites and the Pelethites--who formed the royal bodyguard. The Cherethites were, most probably, those brave men who all along accompanied David while among the Philistines, and from that people derived their name (Sa1 30:14; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5) as well as their skill in archery--while the Pelethites were those who joined him at Ziklag, took their name from Pelet, the chief man in the company (Ch1 12:3), and, being Benjamites, were expert in the use of the sling.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. Benaiah] Cp. 1Ch_11:22-25.
17. Benaiah] Cp. 1Ch_11:22-25.
the Cherethites and the Pelethites] David’s bodyguard. The Cherethites were almost certainly Philistines (1Sa_30:14; Eze_25:16; Zep_2:5), the Pelethites were probably also Philistines (2Sa_15:18). Neither were heard of after the time of David unless the Carites of 2Ki_11:4 (R.V.) are the Cherethites. Foreign bodyguards are well-known in history.
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chief about the king] Lit., the chief at the king’s hand, i.e. formed the executive to carry out his commands; cp. Neh_11:24. In 2Sa_8:18 (R.V.) David’s sons are described as priests. (Consult Baudissin, AT liches Priesterthum, p. 191.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Cherethites and the Pelethites.—2Sa_8:18. The royal body-guard, for…
(17) Cherethites and the Pelethites.—2Sa_8:18. The royal body-guard, for which office Oriental kings have always employed foreign mercenaries. Josephus calls them the body-guard (Antiq. vii. 5, § 4). The names are tribal in form, and as the Cherethites recur (Eze_25:16; Zep_2:5) in connection with the Philistines (comp. 1Sa_30:14), and the name Pelethites resembles that of Philistines, it is natural to assumo that David’s guard was recruited from two Philistine tribes. (Comp. 2Sa_15:18, where the Cherethites and Pelethites are mentioned along with a corps of Gittites.) The Targum of Samuel, and Syriac and Arabic of Chronicles, render “archers and slingers.”
Chief about the king.—Heb., the first at the king’s hand, or side, a paraphrase of what we read in Samuel: “were chief rulers” (kôhãnîm). Kôhãnîm is the common and only word for “priests,” and has just occurred in that sense (1Ch_18:16). In 1Ki_4:5, as well as here, the term is said to denote not a sacerdotal, but a secular “minister.” But this theory seems to be opposed to the facts of history. Under the monarchy the priests were brought into close relations with the king, owing to their judicial duties; and the chief priest of a royal sanctuary became one of the great officials of state (Amo_7:11; Amo_7:13). Such a position would be of sufficient importance to be filled by the princes of the blood. The chronicler, writing from the point of view of a later age, has substituted for the original term a phrase that would not offend contemporary feeling. In Samuel the LXX. renders “chief courtiers;” the other versions have “magnates,” except the Vulg., which has “priests.” Syriac of Chronicles, “magnates.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (see 1Ch_11:22-25; 2Sa_23:20-23) The…
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (see 1Ch_11:22-25; 2Sa_23:20-23) The Cherethites and the Pelethites. Two tribes of Philistines whom David attached. The meaning and derivation of these two names leave it possible to translate them at once, and to read, "the public executioners, and the public couriers," not treating them as proper names, and to this course Geseuius (see "Lexicon") gives his sanction. On the other hand, a comparison of 1Sa_30:14 and 2Sa_15:18 would lead us to treat them as the names of people, although the Pelethites are net as identifiable in this sense as the Cherethites and Gittites. Anyway, it is evident they were the special guard of the king, and were faithful to David and to Solomon after him. Their duties included those of the executioner or lictor, and the courier. They are frequently mentioned on special occasions of the king"s moving, and of danger (2Sa_15:18 2Sa_20:7, 2Sa_20:23; 1Ki_1:38, 1Ki_1:44) Chief about the king. The Hebrew text here is The word used in the parallel place is which signifies strictly "priests," but sometimes more generally" princes." This is, without doubt, the meaning of our text.
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