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According to the text, Benaiah was one of
David's Mighty Warriors, commander of the third rotational army division; (; ). He helped David's son
Solomon
Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...
become king, killed Solomon's enemies, and served as the chief of Solomon's army. On Solomon's instructions he was responsible for the deaths of
Adonijah (),
Joab () and
Shimei
Shimei ( ''Šīmʿī'') is the name of a number of persons referenced in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinical literature.
*The second son of Gershon and grandson of Levi (; ; ). The family of the Shimeites, as a branch of the tribe of Levi, is ment ...
(). He was in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites. Several verses in illustrate Benaiah's close association with Solomon's party and his exclusion from Adonijah's faction.
[, , , , , and ] He is also mentioned in , , and .
Gravesite
According to
Rabbi Hayyim Vital, the grave of Benaiah is in
Biriya. In 1869,
Rabbi Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad visited the grave and stayed there for a few days. In the introduction to his book, "Ben Ish Chai", he wrote that "many and great secrets" were revealed to him there, and even that "his soul came from the soul of Baniahu ben Yehoida," and that is why he named his books after him.
Other Benaiahs
Other Benaiahs depicted in the Hebrew Bible include:
*Another of David's mighty men, an Ephraimite from Pirathon, commander of the 11th rotational army division (1 Chr. 11:31, 1 Chr. 27:14, 2 Sam. 23:30)
* A Levite musician who played his stringed instrument while accompanying the
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, was a religious storage chest and relic held to be the most sacred object by the Israelites.
Religious tradition describes it as a wooden storage chest decorat ...
when it was brought to Jerusalem and placed in the tent David had prepared for it (1 Chr. 15:18, 20; 16:1, 5).
* A priest who played the trumpet when the Ark was brought to Jerusalem during David's reign (1 Chr. 15:24; 16:6).
* A Levite descendant of
Asaph, son of
Berachiah the
Gershonite
The Gershonites were one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Bible claims that the Gershonites were all descended from the eponymous ''Gershon'' a son of Levi (not to be confused with Moses' son Gershom), although so ...
(2 Chr. 20:14).
* A
Simeonite, possibly a contemporary of King
Hezekiah
Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "G ...
(1 Chr. 4:24, 36–43).
* A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to help care for the bounteous contributions to Jehovah's house (2 Chr. 31:12, 13).
* Father of
Pelatiah, one of the wicked princes seen in
Ezekiel
Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel (; ; ), was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him.
The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied ...
’s vision (Eze. 11:1, 13).
* Four men who, at
Ezra
Ezra ( fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, t ...
's admonition, dismissed their foreign wives and sons. These four were descendants of
Parosh,
Pahath-Moab, Bani, and
Nebo respectively (Ezr. 10:25, 30, 34, 35, 43, 44).
Footnotes
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David's Mighty Warriors
Biblical murderers