2 Samuel 20:23 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

²³ Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Joab was over the host of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over [the king's bodyguards] the Cherethites and Pelethites;

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

Common English Bible

²³ Now Joab was in command of Israel’s army; Jehoiada’s son Benaiah commanded the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Thus Joab was over the entire army of Israel. And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cerethites and Phelethites.

2 Samuel 20:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:7

Joab's men went out after him, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

1 Kings 1:7

He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:8

But the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the prophet Nathan, and Shimei, and Rei, and David's own warriors did not side with Adonijah.

1 Kings 4:1

King Solomon was king over all Israel,

2 Kings 11:4

But in the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the captains of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord; then he showed them the king's son.