Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.

King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

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

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

Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad.

Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.

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.

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

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

The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.

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

A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.