Benaiah: 1 Kings 1:44, 1 Kings 2:34-35; 1 Chronicles 18:17
the Cherethites: 2 Samuel 15:18, 2 Samuel 20:7, 2 Samuel 20:23, 2 Samuel 23:20-23; 1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5
chief rulers: or, princes, 2 Samuel 20:26
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2 Samuel 8:18
2 Samuel 8:18
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