1Chr 27:6 Cross References
1 Chronicles 27:6
6: This was the Benaiah who commanded David's elite military group known as the Thirty. His son Ammizabad was his chief officer.
2 Samuel 23:20
- There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two of Moab's mightiest warriors. Another time he chased a lion down into a pit. Then, despite the snow and slippery ground, he caught the lion and killed it.
- Another time, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
- These are some of the deeds that made Benaiah almost as famous as the Three.
- He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him commander of his bodyguard.
2 Samuel 22:20
- He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me.
- The LORD rewarded me for doing right; he compensated me because of my innocence.
- For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
- For all his laws are constantly before me; I have never abandoned his principles.
1 Chronicles 11:22
- There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two of Moab's mightiest warriors. Another time he chased a lion down into a pit. Then, despite the snow and slippery ground, he caught the lion and killed it.
- Another time, armed with only a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was seven and a half feet tall and whose spear was as thick as a weaver's beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
- These are some of the deeds that made Benaiah as famous as the Three.
- He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him commander of his bodyguard.