2 Samuel 8:18
Good News Translation
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.

New Revised Standard Version
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

Contemporary English Version
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard. David's sons were priests.

New American Bible
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.

Benaiah

1 Kings 1:44 And hath sent with him Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and they have set him upon the king's mule:

1 Kings 2:34,35 So Banaias, the son of Joiada, went up, and setting upon him slew him, and he was buried in his house in the desert. . . .

1 Chronicles 18:17 And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi: and the sons of David were chief about the king.

the Cherethites

2 Samuel 15:18 And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant warriors, six hundred men who had followed him from Geth on foot, went before the king.

2 Samuel 20:7,23 So Joab's men went out with him, and the Cerethi and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri. . . .

2 Samuel 23:20-23 And Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant man, of great deeds, of Cabseel: he slew the two lions of Moab, and he went down, and slew a lion in the midst of a pit, in the time of snow. . . .

1 Samuel 30:14 For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.

Ezekiel 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will stretch forth my hand upon the Philistines, and will kill the killers, and will destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant.

chief rulers.

2 Samuel 20:26 And Ira the Jairite was the priest of David.

Context
David's Officers
17And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Saraias was the scribe: 18And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:14
For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.

2 Samuel 15:18
And all his servants walked by him, and the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and all the Gethites, valiant warriors, six hundred men who had followed him from Geth on foot, went before the king.

2 Samuel 20:7
So Joab's men went out with him, and the Cerethi and the Phelethi: and all the valiant men went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Seba the son of Bochri.

2 Samuel 20:23
So Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites and Phelethites,

2 Samuel 23:20
And Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant man, of great deeds, of Cabseel: he slew the two lions of Moab, and he went down, and slew a lion in the midst of a pit, in the time of snow.

1 Kings 1:8
But Sadoc, the priest, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and Nathan, the prophet, and Semei, and Rei, and the strength of David's army, was not with Adonias.

1 Kings 1:38
So Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, went down, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and Phelethi: and they set Solomon upon the mule of king David, and brought him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44
And hath sent with him Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Banaias, the son of Joiada, and the Cerethi, and the Phelethi, and they have set him upon the king's mule:

1 Kings 2:25
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaias, the son of Joiada, who slew him, and he died.

1 Kings 4:4
Banaias, the son of Joiada, over the army: and Sadoc, and Abiathar, priests.

1 Chronicles 11:22
Banaias the son of Joiada a most valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab: and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow.

1 Chronicles 18:17
And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the bands of the Cerethi, and the Phelethi: and the sons of David were chief about the king.

2 Samuel 8:17
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