1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 17

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.
1 Chronicles 18:17, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:17 in other translations

BSBBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
WEBand Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
ASVand Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
YLTand Benaiah son of Jehoiada is over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David are at the hand of the king.
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

What does 1 Chronicles 18:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. the Cherethites and the Pelethites--who formed the royal bodyguard. The Cherethites were, most probably, those brave men who all along accompanied David while among the Philistines, and from that people derived their name (1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5) as well as their skill in archery--while the Pelethites were those who joined him at Ziklag, took their name from Pelet, the chief man in the company (1Ch 12:3), and, being Benjamites, were expert in the use of the sling.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the note on 2Sam 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 18:17 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙u.ve.na.Ya.huand BenaiahH1141
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עye.Ho.ya.Da'JehoiadaH3077
עַל\־'al-[was] overH5921
הַכְּרֵתִ֖יha.ke.re.Tithe Kerethite[s]H3774
וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑יve.ha.pe.le.Tiand the Pelethite[s]H6432
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] sons ofH1121
דָוִ֥ידda.VidDavidH1732
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםha.ri.sho.Nim[were] the firstH7223
לְיַ֥דle.Yadto [the] side ofH3027
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃\ \פha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:17

  • 2 Samuel 8:18

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

  • 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.

  • Zephaniah 2:5

    Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

  • 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.

  • 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 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:

  • 2 Samuel 23:19-23

    Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 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: And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. …

  • 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:

  • 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. And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:28

    Because their office was to wait on 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 the work of the service of the house of God;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Benaiah.
2Sa 8:18; 15:18; 20:7,23; 23:19-23; 1Ki 1:38,44; 2:34,35
Cherethites.
Zep 2:5
about the king. Heb. at the hand of the king.
23:28; *marg:

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 18:16

    And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

  • 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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1 Chronicles 18:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Benaías hijo de Joiada era sobre los Ceretheos y Peletheos; y los hijos de David eran los príncipes cerca del rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Benaïa, fils de Jehoïada, était préposé sur les Keréthiens et les Peléthiens; et les fils de David étaient les premiers à côté du roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Benaja, der Sohn Jojadas, war über die Kerethiter und die Pelethiter; und die Söhne Davids waren die ersten zur Seite des Königs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Banaias quoque filius Jojadæ super legiones Cerethi et Phelethi: porro filii David, primi ad manum regis.