¹⁸ Benaiah^(A) son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites^(B) and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.^[a]

David’s Officials

²³ Joab^(A) was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;

⁶ The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him^(A) so that he tore the lion apart^(B) with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.

²⁹ King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar.^(A) Then Solomon ordered Benaiah^(B) son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”

³⁰ So Benaiah entered the tent^(C) of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!^(D)’”

But he answered, “No, I will die here.”

Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.”