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Benaiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Benjamin in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("son of my right hand"), as Jacob named him; first called by his dying mother Rachel Benoni, son of my sorrow (compare Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:17-18). Jesus the antitype was first "a man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3), the mother's sorrows attending tits birth also at Bethlehem; afterward "the man of God's right hand," on whom God's hand was lai...

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Bera in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-ra (bera`, "gift"(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom (Gen 14:2) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by Chedorlaomer....

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Berachah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

blessing. (1.) A valley not far from Engedi, where Jehoshaphat overthrew the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chr. 20:26). It has been identified with the valley of Bereikut. (R.V., "Beracah.") (2.) One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul's brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3)....

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Bered in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-red (beredh, "hail," from a Hebrew root meaning "to be cold"): The son of Shuthelah of the house of Ephraim (1 Ch 7:20). Compare BECHER....

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Ben-hadad in Naves Topical Bible

1. King of Syria 1Ki 15:18-20; 2Ch 16:2-4 -2. A king of Syria, who reigned during the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I 1Ki 20; 2Ki 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15 -3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria 2Ki 13:3,24,25; Am 1:4...

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Benjamin in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of the right hand...

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Bera in Naves Topical Bible

King of Sodom Ge 14:2...

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Berachah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of Saul's brethren, yet attached himself to David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:3)....

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Benaiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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