This name belongs to 12 different people in the Bible:
- Benaiah: A Levite musician during the transfer of the ark
- Benaiah: Father of Jehoiada, who succeeded Ahithophel as David's counselor
- Benaiah: A Simeonite leader during the reign of Hezekiah
- Benaiah: A Levite of the sons of Asaph, filled with the Spirit
- Benaiah: An overseer in the temple during Hezekiah's reign
- Benaiah: A Pirathonite, one of David's mighty warriors
- Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, a mighty warrior and loyal supporter of David and Solomon
- Benaiah: Father of Pelatiah, a wicked prince of Israel
- Benaiah: An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile
- Benaiah: An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile
- Benaiah: An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile
- Benaiah: An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile
Definition
or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from H1129 and H3050; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites
Traditional renderings: Benaiah.
Traditional renderings: Benaiah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
42 total
- 2 Samuel 8:18וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · BenaiahBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 20:23וּבְנָיָה֙ · BenaiahNow Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
- 2 Samuel 23:20וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ · And BenaiahAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 2 Samuel 23:22בְּנָיָ֖הוּ · of BenaiahThese were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
- 2 Samuel 23:30בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · BenaiahBenaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
- 1 Kings 1:8וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ · BenaiahBut Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:10וּבְנָיָ֜הוּ · BenaiahBut he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:26וְלִבְנָיָ֧הוּ · nor BenaiahBut me your servant he has not invited, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:32וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּ · and BenaiahThen King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
- 1 Kings 1:36בְּנָיָ֧הוּ · Benaiah“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
- 1 Kings 1:38וּבְנָיָ֣הוּ · and BenaiahThen Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · and BenaiahAnd with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 1 Kings 2:25בְּנָיָ֣הוּ · BenaiahSo King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.
- 1 Kings 2:29בְּנָיָ֧הוּ · BenaiahIt was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
- 1 Kings 2:30 (2×)בְנָיָ֜הוּ · And Benaiah; בְּנָיָ֤הוּ · So BenaiahAnd Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
- 1 Kings 2:34בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · So BenaiahSo Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.
- 1 Kings 2:35בְּנָיָ֧הוּ · BenaiahAnd the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
- 1 Kings 2:46בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · BenaiahThen the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 4:4וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ · BenaiahBenaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 1 Chronicles 4:36וּבְנָיָֽה׃ · BenaiahElioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 11:22בְּנָיָ֨ה · And BenaiahAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 1 Chronicles 11:24בְּנָיָ֖הוּ · of BenaiahThese were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:31בְּנָיָ֖ה · BenaiahIthai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 1 Chronicles 15:18וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ · Benaiah…and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:20וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ · and BenaiahZechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ · BenaiahShebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- 1 Chronicles 16:5וּבְנָיָהוּ֩ · BenaiahAsaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
- 1 Chronicles 16:6וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ · Benaiah…and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 18:17וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · BenaiahBenaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- 1 Chronicles 27:5בְּנָיָ֧הוּ · was BenaiahThe third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- 1 Chronicles 27:6בְנָיָ֛הוּ · BenaiahThis Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.
- 1 Chronicles 27:14בְּנָיָ֥ה · was BenaiahThe eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ · of BenaiahAhithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14בְּ֠נָיָה · of BenaiahThen the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.
- 2 Chronicles 31:13וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ · and BenaiahJehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
- Ezra 10:25וּבְנָיָֽה׃ס · and BenaiahAnd among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.
- Ezra 10:30בְּנָיָ֤ה · BenaiahFrom the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
- Ezra 10:35בְּנָיָ֥ה · BenaiahBenaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
- Ezra 10:43בְּנָיָֽה׃ · and BenaiahAnd from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
- Ezekiel 11:1בְּנָיָ֖הוּ · of BenaiahThen the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:13בְּנָיָ֖ה · of BenaiahNow as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”