Bible Person
Meaning: knowledge of the Lord · Male · 21 cross references
This Jehoiada entry refers to the father of Benaiah, one of David's leading warriors. He is a smaller figure in the narrative, but his name remains visible because Scripture repeatedly identifies Benaiah through him. First appears in 2 Sam 8:18.1
AI summary: This Jehoiada matters because the cross references keep his name attached to one of the most important military servants of David and Solomon. He is not given an extended narrative of his own, but the repeated formula "Benaiah son of Jehoiada" preserves his place in the court and army tradition. That repeated identification suggests family standing and helps root Benaiah's prominence in a remembered household. Taken together, the material presents this Jehoiada as a modest but enduring ancestral figure in the royal service network.1
Central Figure
Jehoiada
Meaning: knowledge of the Lord
The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam.
Children
The father of Benaiah, who was one of David’s chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.