Benaiah

In the etymology of the name, the first part of Benaiah comes from the root-verb בנה (bana),[3] which is a common Hebrew verb meaning "to build".

[5] The most famous Benaiah referenced in the Tanakh is the son of Jehoiada, who came from the southern Judean town of Kabzeel.

[6] According to the text, Benaiah was one of David's Mighty Warriors, commander of the third rotational army division; (2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 27:5).

Several verses in 1 Kings 1 illustrate Benaiah's close association with Solomon's party and his exclusion from Adonijah's faction.

In the introduction to his book, "Ben Ish Chai", he wrote that "many and great secrets" were revealed to him there, and even that "his soul came from the soul of Baniahu ben Yehoida," and that is why he named his books after him.Other Benaiahs depicted in the Hebrew Bible include:

Benaiah , depicted killing a man of Moab by William Etty 1829