Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

David’s Officials

Joab was over Israel’s entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites;

Adoniram was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s special guard did not join Adonijah.

But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.

King David said, “Call in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king,

Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.

The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule,

So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.

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

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country.

The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest.

Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and he died. The kingdom was now established in Solomon’s hands.

Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha—secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud—recorder;

Benaiah son of Jehoiada—commander in chief; Zadok and Abiathar—priests;

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah—in Issachar;

Then Asa rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.

Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha:

Moreover, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger by the things he did, becoming like the house of Jeroboam—and also because he destroyed it.

So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu—