Benaiah in the Bible
Meaning: son of the Lord
Exact Match
and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
[And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.
He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver's loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and had a name among the three mighty warriors.
Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel,
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;
The priests, Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, were to blow trumpets
Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were the chief officials at the king’s side.
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Benaiah » Son of jehoiada, commander of the cherethites and pelethites » A distinguished warrior
He was the most honored of the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
He was the most honored of the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
Benaiah » An ephraimite, and distinguished warrior
Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Benaiah » A levitical musician
Benaiah » Son of jehoiada, commander of the cherethites and pelethites
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were chief officials.
Benaiah » A priest
Benaiah » Son of jehoiada, commander of the cherethites and pelethites » Loyal to solomon
Zadok and Abiathar, priests;