1 Kings 4:4

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of ¹  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ²  or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ³  did not ally themselves ⁴  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ⁵  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “was over.”

[1:10]  ² tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ³ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “were not.”

[1:38]  ⁴ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.