Benaiah
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,
Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so [too]....
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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....
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Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with
harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;...
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son of the priest Jehoiada, was David's general for the army
of the Kingdom of Israel and his chief bodyguard (2 Sam
23:23). In Hebrew, his name means "God has built."
He was one of David's "mighty men" (I Chron. 27:6) who
commanded the Cherethites and Pelethites. He was renowned for
his heroism; with Zadok and Nathan, he kept his position unde...
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be-na'-ya, be-ni'-a (benayah, benayahu, "Yahweh has built."
Compare HPN, 182, 265, 268):
(1) Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (compare Josh
15:21), was a man of "mighty deeds" and was more honorable
than any of the mighty men of David except the three chiefs.
Therefore David made him his chief counselor (2 Sam 23:23 m;
compare 1 Ch 27:3...
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1. Son of Jehoiada, commander of the Cherethites and
Pelethites
2Sa 8:18; 1Ki 1:38
A distinguished warrior
2Sa 23:20-23; 1Ch 11:22-25; 27:5,6
Loyal to Solomon
1Ki 1:2; 4:4
-2. An Ephraimite, and distinguished warrior
2Sa 23:30; 1Ch 11:31; 27:14
-3. A Levitical musician
1Ch 15:18,20; 16:5
-4. A priest
1Ch 15:24; 16:6
-5. Son of Jeiel
2...
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(made by the Lord).
1. The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, 1Ch 27:5 of
the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, 2Sa 23:20 set
by David, 1Ch 11:25 over his body-guard. 2Sa 8:18; 20:23;
1Ki 1:38; 1Ch 18:17 One of the mighty men. 2Sa 23:22,23; 1Ch
11:25; 27:6 The exploits which gave him this rank are
narrated in 2Sa 28:20,21; 1Ch 11:22 H...
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built up by Jehovah. (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 ran...
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("whom Jehovah builds up".) Son of Jehoiada, the chief
priest (1 Chronicles 27:5), so of the tribe of Levi, though
of Kabzeel in S. Judah (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22;
1 Chronicles 11:25; 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Chronicles 27:6);
set over David's body guard, the Cherethites and Pelethites
(2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 23:20; 2 ...
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