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23 Joab was commander-in-chief of the army, and Benaiah was in charge of the king’s bodyguard.[a] 24 Adoram was in charge of the forced labor battalions, and Jehoshaphat was the historian who kept the records. 25 Sheva was the secretary, and Zadok and Abiathar were the chief priests.

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  1. 2 Samuel 20:23 the king’s bodyguard, literally, “the Cherithites and Pelethites.”

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