2 Samuel 8:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וּבְנֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד כֹּהֲנִ֥ים הָיֽוּ׃ פ

Transliteration

And Bənāyāhû son-of-Yəhôyādāʿ and the Kərētî and the Pəlētî and bənê dāvid kōhănîm hāyû.

Grammar Details

*ûBənāyāhû*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Benaiah
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*Yəhôyādāʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehoiada
*wəhaKKərētî*: conjunction + definite article + proper noun - and the Cherethites
*wəhaPPəlētî*: conjunction + definite article + proper noun - and the Pelethites
*ûbənê*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
*dāvid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests/chief ministers
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they were

Word Meanings

*haKKərētî wəhaPPəlētî*: Cherethites and Pelethites/royal bodyguard/executioners and couriers
*kōhănîm*: priests/chief ministers/principal officers/royal advisers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 30:14 : 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.
2 Sam 15:18 : 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.
2 Sam 20:7 : 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.
2 Sam 20:23 : 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 Chr 18:17 : 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
2 Sam 23:20-23 : 20 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: 21 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. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
1 Kgs 1:38 : 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 Kgs 1:44 : 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:
1 Kgs 2:34-35 : 34 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. 35 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 Kgs 4:4 : 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2 Sam 20:26 : 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
Ezek 25:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
Zeph 2:5 : 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.

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