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2 Samuel 8:18

BenaiahDavidJehoiada

16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
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BSB
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
WEB
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
ASV
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David`s sons were chief ministers.
DARBY
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
BLB
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were priestly leaders.
ÅB
Benaja, Jojadas sønn, var høvding over livvakten, og Davids sønner var prester[^4].
[^1]: Eufrat.
[^2]: Joram.
[^3]: nemlig edomitter.
[^4]: d.e. kongens nærmeste, 1KR 18, 17.
OTB
Benaja, sønn av Jojada, var over keretittene og peletittene, og Davids sønner var hovedembetsmenn.
B1930
Benaja, Jojadas sønn, var høvding over livvakten, og Davids sønner var prester. / < d.e. kongens nærmeste, 1KR 18, 17.>

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  • 1 Samuel 30:14

    We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:7

    And there went out after him Joab’s men, 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 18:17

    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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  • 2 Samuel 20:23

    Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

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  • 2 Samuel 15:18

    And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 1:44

    And the king hath 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:

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  • 2 Samuel 23:20–23

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

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