1 Chronicles 11:24

11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

1 Chronicles 15:20

15:20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; ¹ 

1 Chronicles 16:6

16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

1 Chronicles 18:17

18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised ²  the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials. ³ 

1 Chronicles 27:6

27:6 Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 27:34

27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.

Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word עֲלָמוֹת (’alamot) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 835-36 s.v. עַלְמָה.

¹ tn Heb “[was] over.”

² tn Heb “and the sons of David [were] the heads at the hand of David.” The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:18 identifies them as “priests” (see sn there on the word “priests”).

¹ tn Heb “That [was the] Benaiah [who was] a warrior of the thirty and over the thirty, and his division, Ammizabad his son.”