2 Samuel 20:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ So Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethites and Phelethites.

2 Samuel 20:23 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:7

And there went out after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he smote two ariels of Moab. He also went down and slew 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 the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

1 Kings 1:8

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shime-i, and Rei, and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.

1 Kings 4:1

King Solomon was king over all Israel,

2 Kings 11:4

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