1 Kings 4:4

4:4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of ¹  the army.

Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

1 Kings 1:10

1:10 But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, ²  or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:26

1:26 But he did not invite me – your servant – or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 2:25

2:25 King Solomon then sent ³  Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. ⁴ 

1 Kings 2:34

2:34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; ⁵  he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:30

2:30 When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he replied, “No, I will die here!” So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab’s reply. ⁶ 

1 Kings 1:8

1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors ⁷  did not ally themselves ⁸  with Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:32

1:32 King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, ⁹  and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

1 Kings 1:36

1:36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded ¹⁰  to the king: “So be it! ¹¹  May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! ¹² 

1 Kings 2:35

2:35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of ¹³  the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar’s place. ¹⁴ 

1 Kings 2:46

2:46 The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. ¹⁵ 

So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. ¹⁶ 

1 Kings 1:38

1:38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites ¹⁷  went down, put Solomon on King David’s mule, and led him to Gihon.

1 Kings 1:44

1:44 The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king’s mule.

1 Kings 2:29

2:29 When King Solomon heard ¹⁸  that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ¹⁹  “Go, strike him down.”

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “was over.”

[1:10]  ² tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[2:25]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “by the hand of.”

[2:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he struck him and he died.”

[2:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “struck him and killed him.” The referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Or “bodyguard” (Heb “mighty men”).

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “were not.”

[1:32]  ⁷ sn Summon…Nathan. Nathan must have left the room when Bathsheba reentered.

[1:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[1:36]  ⁹ tn Or “Amen.”

[1:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “So may the Lord God of my master the king say.”

[2:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “over.”

[2:35]  ¹⁰ tc The Old Greek translation includes after v. 35 some fourteen verses that are absent from the MT.

[2:46]  ¹⁰ tn “The king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada and he went out and struck him down and he died.”

[2:46]  ¹¹ tn “And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.”

[1:38]  ¹¹ sn The Kerethites and Pelethites were members of David’s royal guard (see 2 Sam 8:18). The Kerethites may have been descendants of an ethnic group originating in Crete.

[2:29]  ¹² tn Heb “and it was related to King Solomon.”

[2:29]  ¹³ tn Heb “so Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying.”