Jehoiada (leader of the household of Aaron)

• 1 Chronicles 27:5 reads, “The third captain of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest”, where “the chief priest” can be read with Jehoiada or with Benaiah; the Korean Revised Version sets 대제사장 (the chief priest) before Jehoiada’s name (대제사장 여호야다의 아들 브나야). 27:34 reads, “After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar.” Neither edition says whose son the Benaiah of 27:34 is.
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  • 1CH 27:1–15, engwebp

    ¹Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers’ households and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year—of every division were twenty-four thousand.

    ²Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ³He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.

    ⁴Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite and his division, and Mikloth the ruler; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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

    ⁶This is that Benaiah who was the mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty. Of his division was Ammizabad his son.

    ⁷The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ⁸The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

    ¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. In his division were twenty-four thousand.

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  • 1CH 27:32–34, engwebp

    ³²Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe. Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

    ³³Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

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

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• 1 Chronicles 12:27 reads, “Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred”. The verse names neither his father nor a son of his.
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  • 1CH 12:23–37, engwebp

    ²³These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the LORD’s word.

    ²⁴The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.

    ²⁵Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war: seven thousand one hundred.

    ²⁶Of the children of Levi: four thousand six hundred.

    ²⁷Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred,

    ²⁸and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.

    ²⁹Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, for until then, the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house.

    ³⁰Of the children of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.

    ³¹Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

    ³²Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.

    ³³Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array with all kinds of instruments of war: fifty thousand who could command and were not of double heart.

    ³⁴Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.

    ³⁵Of the Danites who could set the battle in array: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.

    ³⁶Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array: forty thousand.

    ³⁷On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle: one hundred twenty thousand.

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• 2 Samuel 23:20 names “Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds”, and 23:22 says again, “Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things”. These verses give Jehoiada no title. The Korean Revised Version reads at 23:20 갑스엘 용사의 손자 여호야다의 아들 브나야, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the grandson of a valiant man of Kabzeel.
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  • 2SA 23:20–23, engwebp

    ²⁰Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.

    ²¹He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

    ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.

    ²³He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.

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• 2 Kings 11:9 reads, “The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.” At 11:12 the Korean Revised Version names Jehoiada (여호야다가 왕자를 인도하여 내어, Jehoiada brought out the king’s son), where WEB reads “Then he brought out the king’s son”. These verses name neither his father nor a son of his.
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  • 2KI 11:9–12, engwebp

    ⁹The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

    ¹⁰The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the LORD’s house.

    ¹¹The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.

    ¹²Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

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1 Chronicles 27:5 names the third captain of the army for the third month “Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest” (the Korean Revised Version sets 대제사장, the chief priest, before Jehoiada’s name; WEB’s words can be read either way), and 27:34 names “Jehoiada the son of Benaiah” after Ahithophel. 1 Chronicles 12:27 names Jehoiada the leader of the household of Aaron; 2 Samuel 23:20–23 names Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and gives Jehoiada no title; 2 Kings 11:9–12 names Jehoiada the priest. This collection records the Jehoiada of 27:5 with the Jehoiada of 2 Samuel 23:20–23, whose son is the same, and keeps Jehoiada the priest of 2 Kings 11:9–12, the Jehoiada of 12:27 and Jehoiada the son of Benaiah of 27:34 apart. The text does not say whether the Jehoiada of 27:5 is the priest of 2 Kings 11:9–12 or the Jehoiada of 12:27, or whether the Benaiah of 27:34 is Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the collection does not decide.