2 Samuel 20:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Joab was over all the army; and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was at the head of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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  • 2 Sam 8:16-18 : 16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records; 17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; 18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
  • 1 Kgs 4:3-6 : 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder; 4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend; 6 Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
  • 1 Chr 18:15-17 : 15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records. 16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe; 17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

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  • 1 Chr 18:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

    16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

    17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

  • 2 Sam 8:16-18
    3 verses
    81%

    16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

    17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

    18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    79%

    34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the captain of the king's army was Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 4:4
    78%

    4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • 2 Sam 20:7
    77%

    7 So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Chr 27:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

    6 This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.

  • 2 Sam 23:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22 These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

    23 He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put him over the fighting men who kept him safe.

  • 1 Chr 11:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

    25 He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.

  • 2 Sam 20:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 And Adoram was overseer of the forced work; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;

    25 And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

  • Ezra 10:35
    73%

    35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

  • 1 Chr 27:14
    72%

    14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Kgs 2:34-35
    2 verses
    72%

    34 So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and falling on him, put him to death; and his body was put to rest in his house in the waste land.

    35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 12:3
    72%

    3 Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

  • 2 Sam 23:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

    30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    71%

    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 23:37
    71%

    37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.

    14 And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.

  • 2 Sam 20:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21 Not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba, son of Bichri, by name, has taken up arms against the king, against David: give up this man only, and I will go away from the town. And the woman said to Joab, His head will be dropped over the wall to you.

    22 Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.

  • 2 Sam 23:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the first three.

    20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:

  • 1 Chr 27:25
    70%

    25 And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    69%

    4 But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29 And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.

    30 And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.

  • 1 Chr 11:39
    69%

    39 Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

  • 1 Chr 21:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:21
    69%

    21 Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

  • 1 Chr 27:28
    69%

    28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was responsible for the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees in the lowlands; and Joash for the stores of oil;

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    69%

    25 And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.

  • 1 Chr 26:22
    69%

    22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 21:6
    68%

    6 But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

  • 1 Chr 27:2
    68%

    2 Over the first division for the first month was Ishbaal, the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 11:6
    68%

    6 And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

  • 2 Sam 24:2
    68%

    2 And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

  • 1 Chr 27:30
    68%

    30 Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;

  • 2 Chr 31:13
    68%

    13 And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.

  • Ezra 10:43
    68%

    43 Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.