Benaiah

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ancient Israelite biblical figure military commander warrior

Benaiah was a prominent Israelite warrior and commander under King David and King Solomon, renowned for his bravery and loyalty in biblical accounts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Benaiah son of Jehoiada 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Israelite ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
warrior ⓘ
appointedBy Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Judah (traditionally) NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Israelite ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
executedOnSolomon’sOrders Adonijah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shimei son of Gera NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyBackground son of Jehoiada ⓘ
father Jehoiada NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Benaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day ⓘ
an Egyptian of great stature ⓘ
two mighty warriors of Moab ⓘ
loyalTo David NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf David’s mighty warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Thirty NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn First Book of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Second Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor bravery ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
military exploits ⓘ
occupation bodyguard ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
origin Kabzeel NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld chief army commander under Solomon ⓘ
commander of David’s bodyguard ⓘ
commander of the army of Israel ⓘ
leader of the Cherethites and Pelethites ⓘ
predecessorAsArmyCommander Joab NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankAmongMightyMen more honored than the Thirty but not equal to the Three ⓘ
religion Yahwism NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedUnder King David NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported Solomon’s accession to the throne ⓘ
weaponUsedAgainstEgyptian Egyptian’s own spear ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joab → executedBy → Benaiah ⓘ
Prophet Nathan → collaboratedWith → Benaiah ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathan
this entity surface form: Benaiah son of Jehoiada
Adonijah → opposedBy → Benaiah ⓘ
Adonijah → executedBy → Benaiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benaiah son of Jehoiada
1 Chronicles 11 → featuresCharacter → Benaiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benaiah son of Jehoiada