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1 Chronicles 18:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king. "
1 Chronicles 18:17
Verse in Context
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15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
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1 Chronicles 18:1
"After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines."
1 Chronicles 18:2
"He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute."
1 Chronicles 18:3
"David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates."
1 Chronicles 18:4
"David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots."
1 Chronicles 18:5
"When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians."
1 Chronicles 18:6
"Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went."
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