Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiadah, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, - and, the sons of David, became, chief rulers.

New American Standard Bible

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

King James Version

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Jehoida's son Benaiah supervised the special forces and mercenaries, and David's sons were priests.

A Conservative Version

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were chief ministers.

American Standard Version

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

Amplified

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].

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

Julia Smith Translation

And Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites: and the sons of David were priests.

King James 2000

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David [were] priests.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

NET Bible

Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

New Heart English Bible

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

Webster

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

World English Bible

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

Youngs Literal Translation

and Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

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 David's
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

Context Readings

David's Cabinet

17 And, Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests, - and, Seraiah, was scribe; 18 and, Benaiah, son of Jehoiadah, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, - and, the sons of David, became, chief rulers.



Cross References

1 Samuel 30:14

As for us, we invaded the South of the Cherithites, and against that which pertaineth unto Judah, and against the South of Caleb, - and, Ziklag, burned we with fire.

2 Samuel 15:18

And, all his servants, were passing on beside him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, - and, all the Gittites - six hundred men, who had accompanied him from Gath, - were passing on before the king.

2 Samuel 20:7

Then went out after him - the men of Joab, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, - and they went out from Jerusalem, to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:23

And, Joab, was restored unto all the army of Israel, - And, Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,

1 Chronicles 18:17

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

2 Samuel 23:20-23

Benaiah also, son of Jehoiadah, son of an active man, hero of many a deed, a man of Kabzeel, he, smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab, he, also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit, on a day of snow;

1 Kings 1:38

So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, with the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon the mule of King David, - and they escorted him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

And the king hath sent with him - Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, with the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, - and they have caused him to ride upon the mule of the king;

2 Samuel 20:26

Moreover also, Ira the Jairite, was chief ruler unto David.

1 Kings 2:34-35

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and put him to death, - and he was buried in his own house, in the wilderness.

1 Kings 4:4

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, over the army, - and Zadok and Abiathar priests;

Ezekiel 25:16

Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! stretching forth my hand over the Philistines, And I will cut off the Cherethim, - And will cause to perish the remnant of the coast of the sea;

Zephaniah 2:5

Alas! for the inhabitants of the line of the sea, the nation of Kerethim, - The word of Yahweh, is against you, O Canaan of the land of the Philistines, therefore will I destroy thee, to the last inhabitant.

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