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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites 2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites 1 Kings 1:38

Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites: A Distinguished Warrior 2 Samuel 23:20–23

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion. / He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear. / These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites: A Distinguished Warrior 1 Chronicles 11:22–25

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion. / He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear. / These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites: A Distinguished Warrior 1 Chronicles 27:5, 6

The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division. / This Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites: Loyal to Solomon 1 Kings 1:2

So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

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Benaiah: Son of Jehoiada, Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites: Loyal to Solomon 1 Kings 4:4

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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