1 Chronicles 18:17
in 1 Chronicles 18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
KJV
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 18
Commentary
2 notes on this verseCherethites and the Pelethites - See the note on 2Sa 8:18. The Targum says, “Benaiah was over the great Sanhedrin and the small Sanhedrin, and consulted Urim and Thummim. And at his command the archers and slingers went to battle.” The sons of David - These were the highest in authority.
This site's exposition
executed judgment and justice
on 1 Chronicles 18:14-17
The chapter closes as its parallel in 2 Sam 8:15-18 does, with the officer list that shows a kingdom ordered as well as won: Joab over the host, Jehoshaphat as recorder, Zadok and Abimelech as priests, Shavsha as scribe, and Benaiah over the Cherethites and Pelethites. Verse 14's summary, David executed judgment and justice among all his people, reads the wars of the chapter as service to that end rather than an end in themselves. Two small differences from Samuel stand without comment, the scribe's name Shavsha where Samuel gives Seraiah, and the sons of David called chief about the king here where Samuel calls them priests, textual variations the commentators note without needing to settle.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ | uvenayahu | and Benaiah | H1141 → | 42 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכְּרֵתִ֖י | hakereti | the Kerethite[s] | H3774 → | |
| וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י | vehapeleti | and the Pelethite[s] | H6432 → | |
| וּבְנֵי־ | uvenei- | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דָוִ֥יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים | harishonim | [were] the first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| לְיַ֥ד | leyad | to [the] side of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙and Benaiah
uvenayahuH1141 →42 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
עַל־[was] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַכְּרֵתִ֖יthe Kerethite[s]
hakeretiH3774 →
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יand the Pelethite[s]
vehapeletiH6432 →
וּבְנֵי־and [the] sons of
uvenei-H1121 →4930 times
דָוִ֥ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים[were] the first
harishonimH7223 →182 times
לְיַ֥דto [the] side of
leyadH3027 →1618 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:14
We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 20:7
So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:38
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 15:18
and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
- 1 Samuel 30:14
Through
Zephaniah 2:5Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:16
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
- Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
- Ezekiel 25:16
Through
2 Samuel 15:18and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
