- Benaiah ben Jehoiada
- (fl. 11th-10th cent BCE)Isra-elite commander. He was one of David's warriors; after David's death he supported Solomon and became commander of his army (I Kings 2).
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Benaiah ben Jehoiada
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