Joabוְיוֹאָבwas overאֶלallכָּלthe armyהַצָּבָאof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand Benaiahוּבְנָיָהsonבֶּןof Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעwas overעַלthe Cherethitesהַכְּרֵתִיand overוְעַלthe Pelethites;הַפְּלֵתִי
2 Samuel 20:23
Study it in the app“Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 20:23, word by word
- Joabיוֹאָבyoav
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appears- the armyצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and Benaiahבְנָיָהvenaya
Benaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “venaya” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada
Jehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appears- the Cherethitesכְּרֵתִיkereti
Kerethites
Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).
Where else “kereti” appears- the Pelethitesפְּלֵתִיpeleti
Pelethites
Pelethites: together with the Kerethites, King David's personal guard.
Where else “peleti” appears
The context
22The woman went to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and they scattered from the city, each to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem, to the king.
23 · This verse (above)
24Adoram was over the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;