1 Chronicles 11:22
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22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[a] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of[b] Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.(A)
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2 Samuel 8:18
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18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over[a] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.(A)
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- 8.18 Syr Tg Vg: Heb lacks was over
Joshua 15:21
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21 The towns belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
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1 Chronicles 27:5-6
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5 The third commander, for the third month, was Benaiah son of the chief priest Jehoiada; in his division were twenty-four thousand. 6 This is the Benaiah who was a mighty man of the Thirty and in command of the Thirty; his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.[a](A)
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- 27.6 Gk Vg: Heb Ammizabad was his division
1 Chronicles 12:8
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8 From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains:(A)
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1 Kings 2:34-35
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34 Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him, and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness. 35 The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king put the priest Zadok in the place of Abiathar.(A)
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1 Kings 2:30
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30 So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’ ” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”
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1 Kings 1:38
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38 So the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and led him to Gihon.(A)
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1 Kings 1:8
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8 But the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the prophet Nathan, and Shammah[a] and his companions,[b] David’s own warriors, did not side with Adonijah.(A)
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2 Samuel 23:20-23
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20 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior[a] from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel[b] of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.(A) 21 And he killed an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went against him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 22 Such were the things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did and won a name beside the three warriors. 23 He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.(B)
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2 Samuel 20:23
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23 Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel;[a] Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;(A)
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2 Samuel 1:23
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23 Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
In life and in death they were not divided;
they were swifter than eagles;
they were stronger than lions.(A)
1 Samuel 17:34-36
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34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father, and whenever a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after it and struck it down, rescuing the lamb from its mouth, and if it turned against me, I would catch it by the jaw, strike it down, and kill it. 36 Your servant has killed both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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Judges 14:5-6
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5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah. When he came to the vineyards of Timnah, suddenly a young lion roared at him. 6 The spirit of the Lord rushed on him, and he tore the lion apart barehanded as one might tear apart a kid. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.(A)
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