18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;(A)
and David’s sons were chief officials.[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:18 LXX; MT reads were priests; 1Ch 18:17

but Zadok the priest,(A) Benaiah son of Jehoiada,(B) Nathan the prophet,(C) Shimei,(D) Rei, and David’s warriors(E) did not side with Adonijah.

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22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada(A) was the son of a brave man[a] from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab,[b] and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion. 23 He also killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall.[c] Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand like a weaver’s beam,(B) Benaiah went down to him with a club, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear. 24 These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who had a reputation among the three warriors.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Or was a valiant man
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:22 Or He killed two Moabite warriors
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:23 Lit who measured five cubits

17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada(A) was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.

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The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest; 24,000 were in his division. This Benaiah was a mighty man among the Thirty and over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge[a] of his division.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 27:6 LXX; MT omits in charge

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