Benaiah בְּנָיָ֫הוּ

David's warrior. Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was a mighty warrior in David's army and later served as the commander of Solomon's army and a key advisor to the king.

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Where Benaiah appears

1 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Samuel (4)

Key verses

• 2 Samuel 8:18 first mention — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
• 2 Samuel 20:23 — Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
• 2 Samuel 23:20 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
• 1 Kings 1:8 — But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kings 1:36 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
• 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
• 1 Kings 2:25 — And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
• 1 Kings 2:34 — So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
• 1 Kings 2:35 — And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
• 1 Kings 2:46 — So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
• 1 Chronicles 11:22 — Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
• 1 Chronicles 18:17 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

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.