2 Samuel 8:18

2 Samuel 8:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
• New International Version (NIV)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

Context of 2 Samuel 8:18

16Zeruiah's son, Joab, was the leader of Israel's army. Ahilud's son, Jehoshaphat, wrote down the important things that happened. 17Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were priests. Seraiah was David's secretary. Jehoiada's son Benaiah was the leader of David's personal guards. David's sons served as priests.

2 Samuel 8:18 word by word

וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וּבְנֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד כֹּהֲנִ֥ים הָיֽוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Benaiahבְּנָיָ֫הוּbenâyâh benâyâhû · BenaiahH1141
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
• both the Cherethitesכְּרֵתִיkerêthîy · CherethiteH3774
• and the Pelethitesפְּלֵתִיpelêthîy · PelethiteH6432
• and David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• were chief rulersכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 8:18

• 1 Kings 1:44He sent these people to put Solomon onto the king's mule: Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Jehoiada's son Benaiah, and the king's personal guards. They took Solomon to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 2:34So Jehoiada's son Benaiah went to the holy tent and he punished Joab with death. They buried Joab at his home in the wilderness.
• 1 Chronicles 18:17Jehoiada's son Benaiah was the leader of David's personal guards. David's sons were his most important officers.
• 2 Samuel 15:18All his officers and his personal guards, the Kerethites and Pelethites, went on past him. There were also 600 men who had come with him from Gath. All these people were leaving Jerusalem with the king.
• 2 Samuel 20:7So Abishai took Joab's soldiers, as well as the king's personal guards, the Pelethites and the Kerethites. He and all the king's soldiers marched out from Jerusalem to find Sheba.
• 2 Samuel 23:20Jehoiada's son, Benaiah, was also one of David's brave soldiers. He came from Kabzeel and he did many great things. He killed two of Moab's best soldiers. He also went down into a deep hole to kill a lion when snow was on the ground.
• 1 Samuel 30:14We had attacked the south part of Judah, where the Kerethites live. We also attacked the land where the people of Caleb's clan live. We destroyed Ziklag with fire too.’
• Ezekiel 25:16So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I will use my power to punish the Philistines. I will kill the Kerethites. I will destroy the people who remain on the coast of the sea.
• Zephaniah 2:5Terrible trouble will come to you people who came from Crete, you people who live beside the sea! The Lord has said this against you: I will kill all you Philistines who live in the land of Canaan! You will all die. So nobody will live there.
• 2 Samuel 20:26Ira from Jair was David's special priest.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Benaiah - The chief of the second class of David's worthies. We shall meet with him again. The Cherethites and the Pelethites - The former supposed to be those who accompanied David when he fled from Saul; the latter, those who came to him at Ziklag. But the Targum translates these two names thus, the archers and the slingers; and this is by far the most likely. It is not at all probable that David was without a company both of archers and slingers. The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-18Verses 16-18 For a similar account of the officers of Solomon‘s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6, where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced to be captain of the host in the room of Joab. The recorder seems to have been a high officer of state, a kind of chancellor, whose office was to keep a record of the events of the kingdom for the king‘s information, and hence, he would naturally be the king‘s adviser. See Esther 6:1-2; Isaiah 36:22…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 David neither did wrong, nor denied or delayed right to any. This speaks his close application to business; also his readiness to admit all addresses and appeals made to him. He had no respect of persons in judgment. Herein he was a type of Christ. To Him let us submit, his friendship let us seek, his service let us count our pleasure, diligently attending to the work he assigns to each of us. David made his sons chief rulers; but all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The king’s bodyguard included the Cherethites and Pelethites, who were likely foreigners. The Cherethites might have come from Crete (see also 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel 25:16). These groups could have been Philistine mercenaries. David’s sons were priestly leaders: David was from Judah and not a Levite (only people from the tribe of Levi could usually serve as priests). David may have created a new group of religious servants connected to his family line of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Cherethites--that is, Philistines (Zep 2:5). Pelethites--from Pelet (1Ch 12:3). They were the valiant men who, having accompanied David during his exile among the Philistines, were made his bodyguard.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 8:18

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• Pelethites

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings