And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
Ver. 18. Was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites,] i.e., Was Praefectus cohortis praetoriance, captain of the king's guard, a who might be native Philistines, great and mighty men of stature, but proselytes and professors of the true religion.
And David's sons were chief rulers.] Or, Princes, chief about the king, 1Ch 18:17 which preferment haply might puff up Absalom and Adonijah, and put them upon ill exploits. Our Henry II was very unhappy in his eldest son Henry, whom he crowned whilst he was yet alive, but killed him with that kindness; in his second son Richard, who, being set over Normandy, conspired with the king of France against him; and in his third son John, upon whom by heaping honours, he made him more dangerous at home. b
a σωματοφυλακες. - Joseph. Illis erat commissa cura corporis regii. - Vatab.
b Dan 109,144