2 Samuel 20:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Now Joab [was] over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

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  • 2 Sam 8:16-18 : 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder; 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe; 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
  • 1 Kgs 4:3-6 : 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan [was] principal officer, [and] the king's friend: 6 And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute.
  • 1 Chr 18:15-17 : 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.

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

    15And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

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

    17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the king.

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

    16And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;

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

    18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

  • 1 Chr 27:34
    79%

    34And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.

  • 1 Kgs 4:4
    78%

    4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

  • 2 Sam 20:7
    77%

    7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 1 Chr 27:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.

    6This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son.

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

    22These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

    23He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

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

    24These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

    25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

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

    24And Adoram [was] over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder:

    25And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:

  • Ezra 10:35
    73%

    35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

  • 1 Chr 27:14
    72%

    14The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month [was] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.

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

    34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

    35¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 12:3
    72%

    3The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

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

    29Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

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

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    71%

    2So every man of Israel went up from after David, [and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 23:37
    71%

    37Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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

    13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

    14¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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

    21The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

    22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

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

    19Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.

    20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

  • 1 Chr 27:25
    70%

    25And over the king's treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, [was] Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    69%

    4Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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

    29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, [he is] by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

  • 1 Chr 11:39
    69%

    39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

  • 1 Chr 21:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 11:21
    69%

    21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.

  • 1 Chr 27:28
    69%

    28And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that [were] in the low plains [was] Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    69%

    25And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

  • 1 Chr 26:22
    69%

    22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, [which were] over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 21:6
    68%

    6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

  • 1 Chr 27:2
    68%

    2Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chr 11:6
    68%

    6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

  • 2 Sam 24:2
    68%

    2For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which [was] with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

  • 1 Chr 27:30
    68%

    30Over the camels also [was] Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

  • 2 Chr 31:13
    68%

    13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [were] overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

  • Ezra 10:43
    68%

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