2 Samuel 8:18

David's Cabinet

¹⁷ Zadok son of Ahitub
and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;
Seraiah was court secretary;
¹⁸ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were chief officials.

Sons of David

Benaiah

Cherethites

David

Jehoiada

Pelethites

1 Samuel 30:14

We raided the south country of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the south country of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

2 Samuel 15:18

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the Gittites—600 men who came with him from Gath—marched past the king.

2 Samuel 20:7

So Joab’s men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors marched out under Abishai’s command; they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:23

Joab commanded the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

1 Chronicles 18:17

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.

2 Samuel 23:20-23

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

1 Kings 1:38

Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down, had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule.

2 Samuel 20:26

and in addition, Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

1 Kings 2:34-35

Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and put him to death. He was buried at his house in the wilderness.

1 Kings 4:4

Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in charge of the army;
Zadok and Abiathar, priests;

Ezekiel 25:16

therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am about to stretch out My hand against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples.

Zephaniah 2:5

Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast,
nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the Lord is against you,
Canaan, land of the Philistines:
I will destroy you until there is no one left.