First name Benaiah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Benaiah is the name of the over the Cherethites and the Pelethites (2SA 8:18), the fifth of "the thirty" of David's men (2SA 23:20), commander of the third division (1CH 27:5), as well as name of the Pirathonite, eighteenth of "the thirty" of David's men (2SA 23:30), over the eleventh division (1CH 27:14), ??? (1CH 4:36), Simeonite (1CH 4:24), and second rank Levite, gatekeeper (1CH 15:18), a trumpeter (1CH 15:24)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: son of the Lord. Related names are: Jehoiada, Zadok, Solomon . The translations of Benaiah in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from בניה in Hebrew to Βαναιας in Greek!
Wear it!And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. (2SA 8:18)
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (2SA 20:23)
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: (2SA 23:20)
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. (2SA 23:22)
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, (2SA 23:30)
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. (1KI 1:8)
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. (1KI 1:10)
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. (1KI 1:26)
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. (1KI 1:32)
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. (1KI 1:36)
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. (1KI 1:38)
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: (1KI 1:44)
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. (1KI 2:25)
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. (1KI 2:29)
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. (1KI 2:30)
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. (1KI 2:30)
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. (1KI 2:34)
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. (1KI 2:35)
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. (1KI 2:46)
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: (1KI 4:4)
And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (1CH 4:36)
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. (1CH 11:22)
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. (1CH 11:24)
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, (1CH 11:31)
And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. (1CH 15:18)
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; (1CH 15:20)
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. (1CH 15:24)
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; (1CH 16:5)
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. (1CH 16:6)
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethiten of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; (1CH 18:17)