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1 Chronicles 18:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
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 18:1
"Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines."
1 Chronicles 18:2
"And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts."
1 Chronicles 18:3
"And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates."
1 Chronicles 18:4
"And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots."
1 Chronicles 18:5
"And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men."
1 Chronicles 18:6
"Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went."
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