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1 Chronicles 18:16-17
Contemporary English Version
1 Chronicles 18:16-17
Contemporary English Version
16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests.
Shavsha was the secretary.
17 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard.[a]
David's sons were his highest-ranking officials.
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- 18.17 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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