BENAIAH THE NAME AMONG THREE MIGHTY TEXT: 2SAM 23:22 I. LOYALTY HE SERVES UNDER JOAB LOYALTY, BUT NOT TO THE SUBVERSION OF THE THRONE (LIKE JOAB DID). II. LEADERSHIP HE SERVES AS A LEADER FROM THE FRONT LINES (HE SLEW A LION). III. LEGENDARY HAS “THE NAME” AMONG THE THREE. CONCLUSION: EPH 2:10 ACTS 9:16 ACTS 15:26 1PET 3:3-4 ACTS 4:12

1. Benaiah
The Name Among Three Mighty
Text: 2Sam 23:22
2 Samuel 6- David fetches the ark, Uzzah
smitten, Michal despises David.
2 Samuel 7- David wants to build God a
house
2Sam 8:1
1And after this it came to pass,
Filling in details of David’s rise to power
2Sam 7:9
And I was with thee whithersoever thou
wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies
out of thy sight, and have made thee a great

2. name, like unto the name of the great men
that are in the earth.
that David smote the Philistines, and subdued
them: and David took Methegammah out of the
hand of the Philistines.
Made them tributaries
2Sam 8:11-12
11 Which also king David did dedicate unto
the LORD, with the silver and gold that he
had dedicated of all nations which he
subdued; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of
the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil
of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
2Sam 8:16 Joab over the host; and
2Sam 8:18

3. 18And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over
both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and
David's sons were chief rulers.
Captain of David’s bodyguards.
2Sam 23:23
He was more honourable than the thirty, but
he attained not to the first three. And David
set him over his guard.
“the Cherethites and the Pelethites”
Probably originally Philistines.
1Chr 12:8
And of the Gadites there separated
themselves unto David into the hold to the
wilderness men of might, and men of war fit
for the battle, that could handle shield and

4. buckler, whose faces were like the faces of
lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the
mountains;
2Sam 15:18
And all his servants passed on beside him;
and all the Cherethites, and all the
Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred
men which came after him from Gath,
passed on before the king.
2Sam 20:23
23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
2Sam 23:20
20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son
of a valiant man, of Kabzeel,
“of Kabzeel”

5. On of the cities of the tribe of Judah
(Josh 15:21) near Beersheba.
who had done many acts, he slew two
lionlike men of Moab: he went down also
and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time
of snow:
Three men have the distinction of being lion
killers:
Sampson- Judg 14
David- 1Sam 17
Benaiah- 2Sam 23:20
2Sam 23:22
22These things did Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and had
the name among three mighty men.

6. Three men have a mighty name according to
God:
Abraham- Gen 12:2
David- 2Sam 7:9
Benaiah- 2Sam 23:22
1Kgs 2:29
29And it was told king Solomon that Joab was
fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and,
behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall
upon him.
Ps 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in
their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their
hand;
Ps 149:7 To execute vengeance upon the
heathen, and punishments upon the people;

7. Ps 149:9 To execute upon them the
judgment written: this honour have all his
saints. Praise ye the LORD.
I. Loyalty
He serves under Joab loyalty, but not to the
subversion of the throne (like Joab did).
II. Leadership
He serves as a leader from the front lines
(he slew a lion).
III. Legendary
Has “the name” among the three.
Conclusion:
Ben ai'ah - Built of Jehovah - People's Bible Names

8. Son of the lord - Hitchcock's Bible Names
Eph 2:10
10For we are his workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
Acts 9:16
For I will shew him how great things he must
suffer for my name's sake.
The name the “Lord Jesus Christ” is used in 82
verses in the NT. (three names)
Acts 15:26
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9. 1Pet 3:3-4
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of
gold, or of putting on of apparel;
…Joab was fled unto the tabernacle…
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even the ornament
of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight
of God of great price.
Lord
Jesus
Christ
Only one name is among the three might-
“Jesus”.

10. Acts 4:12
12Neither is there salvation in any other: for
there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.
BENAIAH
THE NAME AMONG THREE MIGHTY
TEXT: 2SAM 23:22
I. LOYALTY
HE SERVES UNDER JOAB LOYALTY, BUT NOT TO THE SUBVERSION OF THE THRONE (LIKE
JOAB DID).
II. LEADERSHIP
HE SERVES AS A LEADER FROM THE FRONT LINES (HE SLEW A LION).
III. LEGENDARY
HAS “THE NAME” AMONG THE THREE.
CONCLUSION:
EPH 2:10
ACTS 9:16
ACTS 15:26
1PET 3:3-4
ACTS 4:12