Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.

King James Version

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Holman Bible

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.

International Standard Version

Jehoiada's son Benaiah supervised the special forces and mercenaries, while David's sons worked as chief officials in service to the king.

A Conservative Version

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chief about the king.

American Standard Version

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Amplified

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Cherethites and the Pelethites [David’s bodyguards], and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.

Bible in Basic English

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

Darby Translation

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king's hand.

Julia Smith Translation

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David, heads at the hand of the king.

King James 2000

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials at the king's side.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada [was] over the Kerethites and the Pelethites. And the sons of David [were] chief officials under the hand of the king.

Modern King James verseion

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And the sons of David were first ones at the hand of the king.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the eldest sons of David waited at the king's hand.

NET Bible

Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were the king's leading officials.

New Heart English Bible

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

The Emphasized Bible

and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, - and, the sons of David, were first, in attendance on the king.

Webster

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

World English Bible

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

Youngs Literal Translation

and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Benaiah
בּניהוּ בּניה 
B@nayah 
Usage: 42

יהוידע 
Y@howyada` 
Usage: 48

כּרתי 
K@rethiy 
Usage: 10

and the Pelethites
פּלתי 
P@lethiy 
Usage: 7

and the sons

Usage: 0

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

References

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Context Readings

David's Administration

16 and Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.


Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

2 Samuel 15:18

And all his slaves passed to his side, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come on foot with him from Gath, went before the king.

2 Samuel 20:7

Then 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 after Sheba, the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:23

So Joab remained over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:19-23

He was the most honourable of the three and captain among them; however, he did not attain unto the first three.

1 Kings 1:38

So Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

And the king has 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 2:34-35

So 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.

1 Chronicles 23:28

And their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and in the work of the ministry of the house of God,

Zephaniah 2:5

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the people of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Palestinians, I will cause thee to be destroyed until there shall be no inhabitant left.

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