Captains of bands Whether of regular forces, or some flying parties, whose business was spoil and prey, is not certain. Perhaps they were captains of two companies of guards about the king.
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2 Samuel 4:2
2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the othera Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: