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Benaiah בְּנָיָ֫הוּ
David's warrior. Benaiah the Pirathonite was one of David's thirty mighty warriors and served as the leader of the Ephraimites.
Where Benaiah appears
1 Chronicles (2), 2 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- 2 Samuel 23:30 first mention — Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Chronicles 11:31 — Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:14 — The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.