the. Some codices, with Septuagint, and two early printed editions, read "over the".
chief. heads, because David's sons were not priests.
about. at the hand of.
and his son. Septuagint reads "and Hanun his son", as i. 2 Samuel 10:1.
Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 18:17
1 Chronicles 18:17
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief aboutj the king.