Benaiah

Mentioned in 1041 BC traditional (Jones)

A musical Levite (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 5 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Zechariah, Eliab, Jehiel, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jaaziel, Maaseiah, and Mattithiah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1066–1016 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

1 Chronicles5

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Benaiah 44
KJV	Benaiah 42
ASV	Benaiah 42

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Every verse

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1 Chronicles5 verses

15:18
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
15:20
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
15:24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
16:5
Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
16:6
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.