He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.

And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.