David’s Victory over the Amalekites

30 Then it happened, when David and his men came to (A)Ziklag on the third day, that (B)the Amalekites had carried out an attack on the [a]Negev and on (C)Ziklag, and had [b]overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:1 I.e., South country
  2. 1 Samuel 30:1 Lit struck

16 Now when he had brought him down, behold, they were dispersed over all the land, (A)eating and drinking and celebrating because of (B)all the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:18 See 1 Chr 18:17; MT and the Cherethites
  2. 2 Samuel 8:18 Lit priests

Solomon Anointed King

38 So (A)Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, (B)the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to (C)Gihon.

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44 The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have mounted him on the king’s mule.

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16 therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to (A)reach out with My hand against the Philistines and eliminate the (B)Cherethites; and I will destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

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Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the [a](A)Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is (B)against you,
(C)Canaan, land of the Philistines;
And I will (D)eliminate you
So that there will be (E)no inhabitant.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:5 I.e., a segment of the Philistines with roots in Crete

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