1 Chronicles 11:22
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22 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who [a]had done many deeds. (A)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
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- 1 Chronicles 11:22 was great in deeds
2 Samuel 23:20-23
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20 Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from (A)Kabzeel, [a]who had done many deeds. (B)He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 21 And he killed an Egyptian, [b]a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear. 22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty men. 23 He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him (C)over his guard.
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- 2 Samuel 23:20 Lit. great of acts
- 2 Samuel 23:21 Lit. a man of appearance
2 Samuel 8:18
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18 (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the (B)Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were [a]chief ministers.
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- 2 Samuel 8:18 Lit. priests
Joshua 15:21
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21 The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, (A)Eder, Jagur,
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1 Chronicles 27:5-6
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5 The third captain of the army for the third month was (A)Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand. 6 This was the Benaiah who was (B)mighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son.
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1 Chronicles 12:8
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8 Some Gadites [a]joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were (A)as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
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- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Lit. separated themselves to
1 Kings 2:34-35
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34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put (A)Zadok the priest in the place of (B)Abiathar.
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1 Kings 2:30
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30 So Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, “Thus says the king, (A)‘Come out!’ ”
And he said, “No, but I will die here.” And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”
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1 Kings 1:38
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38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the (B)Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon.
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2 Samuel 20:23
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David’s Government Officers
23 And (A)Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
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2 Samuel 1:23
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23 “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,
And in their (A)death they were not divided;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were (B)stronger than lions.
1 Samuel 17:34-36
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34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a (A)lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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