בְּנָיָ֫הוּ

2 Samuel 8:18 וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ and Benaiah

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

Here: The name means "Yahweh has built." This is Benaiah the warrior from Kabzeel (2 Samuel 23:20–23), a famous fighter and head of David's personal guard, who later became Solomon's army commander (1 Kings 2:35).

2 Samuel 20:23 וּבְנָיָה֙ and Benaiah

Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;

2 Samuel 23:20 וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ and Benaiah

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.

2 Samuel 23:22 בְּנָיָ֖הוּ Benaiah

These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:30 בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ Benaiah

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

1 Kings 1:8 וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ and Benaiah

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:10 וּבְנָיָ֜הוּ and Benaiah

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.

1 Kings 1:26 וְלִבְנָיָ֧הוּ and <to> Benaiah

But me your servant he has not invited, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.

Here: Third name. Benaiah commanded David's personal guard, the Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam 8:18; 20:23). He was the military counterweight to Joab, who backed Adonijah.

1 Kings 1:32 וְלִבְנָיָ֖הוּ and <to> Benaiah

Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

1 Kings 1:36 בְּנָיָ֧הוּ Benaiah

“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

1 Kings 1:38 וּבְנָיָ֣הוּ and Benaiah

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.

1 Kings 1:44 וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ and Benaiah

And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.

Here: The name means "the LORD has built." Benaiah commanded David's foreign bodyguard (2 Samuel 8:18; 20:23). He is the army's counterweight to Joab, who had sided with Adonijah.

1 Kings 2:25 בְּנָיָ֣הוּ Benaiah

So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

1 Kings 2:29 בְּנָיָ֧הוּ Benaiah

It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

1 Kings 2:30 בְנָיָ֜הוּ בְּנָיָ֤הוּ Benaiah

And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

1 Kings 2:34 בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ Benaiah

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.

1 Kings 2:35 בְּנָיָ֧הוּ Benaiah

And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.

Here: David's veteran warrior and commander of the royal bodyguard (2 Sam 8:18; 23:20–23), Solomon's backer in the succession crisis (1 Kgs 1:8, 36–38), and the man who had just killed Adonijah and Joab.

1 Kings 2:46 בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ Benaiah

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

1 Kings 4:4 וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ and Benaiah

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

1 Chronicles 4:36 וּבְנָיָֽה׃ and Benaiah

Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

1 Chronicles 11:22 בְּנָיָ֨ה Benaiah

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.

Here: A name meaning 'Yah(weh) has built'. This is the hero of the paragraph, later David's bodyguard commander and Solomon's army chief.

1 Chronicles 11:24 בְּנָיָ֖הוּ Benaiah

These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.

1 Chronicles 11:31 בְּנָיָ֖ה Benaiah

Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

1 Chronicles 15:18 וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ and Benaiah

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.

1 Chronicles 15:20 וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ and Benaiah

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.

1 Chronicles 15:24 וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ and Benaiah

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.

1 Chronicles 16:5 וּבְנָיָהוּ֩ and Benaiah

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

1 Chronicles 16:6 וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ and Benaiah

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Chronicles 18:17 וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ and Benaiah

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

1 Chronicles 27:5 בְּנָיָ֧הוּ Benaiah

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.

1 Chronicles 27:6 בְנָיָ֛הוּ Benaiah

This Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.

1 Chronicles 27:14 בְּנָיָ֥ה Benaiah

The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

Here: A personal name meaning 'Yahweh has built'. Here it is in the short spelling (-yah, not -yahu). This is a different man from the better-known Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who commands the third month (vv. 5–6).

1 Chronicles 27:34 בְּנָיָ֙הוּ֙ Benaiah

Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.

2 Chronicles 20:14 בְּ֠נָיָה Benaiah

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.

2 Chronicles 31:13 וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ and Benaiah

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

Ezra 10:25 וּבְנָיָֽה׃ ס and Benaiah

And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.

Ezra 10:30 בְּנָיָ֤ה Benaiah

From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.

Ezra 10:35 בְּנָיָ֥ה Benaiah

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

Ezra 10:43 בְּנָיָֽה׃ Benaiah

And from the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Ezekiel 11:1 בְּנָיָ֖הוּ Benaiah

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

Here: The father's name, which was common. Some readers hear an echo of the leaders' slogan in 11:3 about (not) building houses. That is possible but should not be pressed.

Ezekiel 11:13 בְּנָיָ֖ה Benaiah

Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

Here: 'Yahweh has built'. Here it is in its short form; 11:1 has the long form. Some commentators notice the irony next to the officials' slogan that 'the time is not near to build houses' (11:3), but the text does not stress it.