And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
Cherethites - i:e., Philistines (Zephaniah 2:5).
Pelethites - from Pelet (1 Chronicles 12:3). They were the valiant men who, having accompanied David during his exile among the Philistines, were made his body-guard.
And David's sons were chief rulers, х kohªniym (H3548) haayuw (H1961)] - literally, priests (which they could not be); or, as Hebrew writers render it, princes, chiefs (1 Chronicles 18:17) - counselors of the crown, particularly in "ecclesiastical" matters (see Gesenius, sub voce).