“Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 8 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.