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- Benaiah Was in Charge of David’s Guard
- Benaiah Commands David’s Mercenary Forces
- Benaiah’S Father Is A Priest
- Benaiah’S Grandfather Was A Valiant Man, Too
- Benaiah Killed A Lion in A Pit on A Snowy Day
- Benaiah Killed Two Moabite Heroes
- Benaiah Killed An Egyptian Giant
- Benaiah Makes Solomon King
- Benaiah Becomes Solomon’s General
The President of the United States has the Secret Service, and David had a personal guard as well. Benaiah was honored among David’s mighty men, and so David puts him over the bodyguards (2 Sa 23:23). And boy, did David need bodyguards. There’s always going to be someone who wants the king dead, but David had some high-profile enemies. For example,...
He didn’t oversee the Hebrew army (that was Joab’s job), but Benaiah did oversee the Cherethites and Pelethites: some nonJewish mercenary forces who fought for David. Benaiah does, however, take a one-month shift once a year as the leader of David’s army (1 Ch 27:5–6).
Jehoida was a leader among the priests, and had rallied 3,700 men to support David when he was crowned at Hebron (1 Ch 12:21). This means Benaiah is from the tribe of Levi, and a descendant of Aaron, the first high priest of Israel.
The authors of both Samuel and Chronicles tell us that Benaiah’s grandfather was a valiant man from the town of Kabzeel (2 Sa 23:20; 1 Ch 11:22). We don’t know anything else about him, though.
That’s the part everyone remembers about Benaiah (2 Sa 23:20; 1 Ch 11:22), but there’s more to it than that. Right before telling us about the lion, the authors tell us something else Benaiah did …
Here’s where we miss some of the cool wordplay in the Bible. Our English versions will say something like, “he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab” (2 Sa 23:20). That makes us think, “Oh, yeah. Some guy named Ariel had two sons, and Benaiah killed them.” But OT scholars are still divided on what “sons of Ariel” means. The word Ariel is very simila...
David killed Goliath, but he’s not the only giant slayer in the group. Benaiah kills a pretty tall Egyptian—five cubits, or about seven feet tall (1 Ch 11:23). And he does it in a pretty impressive way, too. The Egyptian has an enormous spear (weaver’s beam–sized), and Benaiah has nothing but a little club. But no worries: Benaiah just snatches the...
David had sworn that his son Solomon would be king in his place, but not everyone is rooting for Solomon. In fact, one of Solomon’s good-looking half-brothers , Adonijah, declares himself king … while David is still alive. Of course, Adonijah is out of line. Benaiah, however, is loyal to David, and fully backs Solomon (1 Ki 1:36–37). His mercenary ...
Having secured the throne for Solomon, Benaiah receives a place of even higher honor in the kingdom. Solomon gives Benaiah Joab’s old position: commander of the king’s army (1 Ki 2:35, 4:4).
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