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Benaiah

Meaning: built up by Jehovah

This is the name of 5 biblical men.

1. Benaiah, son of Jehoiada

   Jehoiada was a chief priest (1 Chronicles 27:5).

   King David made trustworthy Benaiah the commander of his bodyguard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17).

   His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam. 23:20-22; 1 Chr. 11:22.

   He remained faithful to Solomon (1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26), by whom he was raised to the rank of commander-in-chief (1 Kings 2:25, 29-30, 34-35; 4:4).

2. Benaiah, a Pirathonite

   2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:31

3. Benaiah, a musician

   This musical Levite is mentioned in 1 Chr. 15:18-20 when David asked the Levites to appoint their relatives who were musicians as recorded in 1 Chronicles 15.

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4. Benaiah, a priest and trumpeter

   This priest is mentioned in 1 Chr. 15:24 and 1 Chr. 16:6. He was assigned to blow a trumpet before the ark of God.

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5. Benaiah, son of Jeiel

   He is mentioned in 2nd Chronicles. “In the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel,” one of Beniah’s descendants (2 Chr. 20:14).

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