1 Chronicles 11:24
Context11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.
1 Chronicles 15:20
Context15:20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; 1
1 Chronicles 16:6
Context16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.
1 Chronicles 18:17
Context18:17 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
Context27:6 Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. 4
1 Chronicles 27:34
Context27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.
Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.


[15:20] 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.
[18:17] 1 tn Heb “[was] over.”
[18:17] 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”).
[27:6] 1 tn Heb “That [was the] Benaiah [who was] a warrior of the thirty and over the thirty, and his division, Ammizabad his son.”