¹⁶ He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling^(A) because of the great amount of plunder^(B) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

¹⁸ Benaiah^(A) son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites^(B) and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.^[a]

¹⁶ therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines,^(A) and I will wipe out the Kerethites^(B) and destroy those remaining along the coast.^(C)