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Benaiah
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Benaiah (1)
#The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam. 23:20, 21, 22; 1 Chr. 11:22. He remained faithful to Solomon (1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief (1 Kings 2:25, 29, 30, 34, 35; 4:4).
Benaiah (2)
#Benaiah (3)
#A musical Levite (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).
Benaiah (4)
#A priest (1 Chr. 15:24; 16:6).
Benaiah (5)
#The son of Jeiel (2 Chr. 20:14).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(made by the Lord).
The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, (1 Chronicles 11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel 8:18; 20:23; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Chronicles 18:17) One of the mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:22,23; 1 Chronicles 11:25; 27:6) The exploits which gave him this rank are narrated in (2 Samuel 23:20,21; 1 Chronicles 11:22) He was captain of the host for the third month. (1 Chronicles 27:5) Benaiah remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown, (1 Kings 1:8,10,32,38,44) and was raised unto the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the whole army. (1 Kings 2:35; 4:4) (B.C. 1005.) Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David’s thirty mighty men, (2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31) and the captain of the eleventh monthly course. (1 Chronicles 27:14) A Levite in the time of David, who “played with a psaltry on Alamoth.” (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5) A priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark. (1 Chronicles 15:24; 16:6) A Levite of the sons of Asaph. (2 Chronicles 20:14) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:13) One of the “princes” of the families of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:36) Four laymen in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives. (Ezra 10:25,30,35,43) The father of Pelatiah. (Ezekiel 11:1,13)
In the Bible
43
Verses where Benaiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:36
Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 11:23
He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- 1 Chronicles 11:24
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:31
Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 15:18
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
+37 more verses naming Benaiah.
Scripture on Benaiah
16
Entries that reference Benaiah
12
Benaiah references
24
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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