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2 Samuel 8:17-18
Contemporary English Version

17 Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech,[a] were the priests.

Seraiah was the secretary.

18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of[b] David's bodyguard.[c]

David's sons were priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.17 Abiathar the son of Ahimelech: One ancient translation and 1 Samuel 22.11-23; Hebrew “Ahimelech the son of Abiathar.”
  2. 8.18 was the commander of: Not in the Hebrew text of this verse, but see 1 Chronicles 18.17.
  3. 8.18 David's bodyguard: The Hebrew text has “the Cherethites and the Pelethites,” who were foreign soldiers hired by David to be his bodyguard.
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