18 (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the (B)Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were [a]chief ministers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:18 Lit. priests

18 Benaiah(A) son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites(B) and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:18 Or were chief officials (see Septuagint and Targum; see also 1 Chron. 18:17)

David’s Government Officers

23 And (A)Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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David’s Officials

23 Joab(A) was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;

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